...Roberta I. Shaffer © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Statistics Teaching Librarians Education Research Teaching Library and Information Science students to count Keywords: Statistics, Teaching, Librarians, Education, Research Introduction There may be another...

... that is not extremely important for them. Translating practice Closing cautions on statistics I have indicated that the distribution of perceptions, attitudes and meanings are distributed asymmetrically, at least, in cases where importance and awareness are factors that influence the response pattern...

... that funding is allocated amongst the variety of resources is potentially another type of comparison that statistics can be used to make. The most comprehensive source for this type of data is the Library Statistics Program (http://www.nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/)of the National Center for Education...

... --> Statistics Methodology Librarians Qualitative techniques Quantitative techniques Keywords Statistics, Methodology, Librarians, Qualitative techniques,Quantitative techniques Introduction Many of us have experienced the benefit of conducting formal (or even informal) research...

... with this change and makes recommendations for materials and training. Data reporting: many state and federal agencies, including the Bureau of Census, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis report their data using industry codes. Examples of these important statistics...

...Niels Ole Pors Keywords Statistical forecasting, Libraries, User studies, Statistics Introduction There has not been an abundance of surveys following the so-called SERVQUAL methodology in library and information science. A couple of studies have been undertaken specifically looking...

...Niels Ole Pors Teaching some kind of research methodology takes place in nearly all departments of library and information studies. Often the units or courses do not embrace more than the simplest introduction to statistics. Teaching methods differ quite a lot and it is not unusual for a person...

...Xiaodong Li To improve the design of the library home page and facilitate user access to it, a Web usage analysis was conducted by the Humanities & Social Sciences Services at Texas Aamp;M University General Libraries through examination of statistics generated by Web tracking software, which...

...Phillip Ramsdale; David Fuegi LIBECON2000 is a project to collect and publish library statistics of 29 European countries on a Web‐site, ( www.libecon2000.org ). The LIBECON‐2000 survey area comprises: states in Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC): Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Estonia; Hungary; Latvia...

...Mark L. Smith Discusses the use of library statistics to justify budget increases for public library programs. Focuses on three major budget areas: staff, collection, and facilities. Provides guidance on deciding which data are relevant to a specific argument. Identifies internal and external...