02977nam a2200253Ia 4500 299473 20160527183617.0 081212s2009 ctua b 001 0 eng 2008053745 9781591585039 (alk. paper) 1591585031 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn289095944 DLC DLC BTCTA YDXCP C#P BWX CDX DLC Z669.7 .W55 2009 020.72 W672a 22 Wildemuth, Barbara M. 291041 Local Applications of social research methods to questions in information and library science Barbara M. Wildemuth. Westport, Conn. Libraries Unlimited 2009. vii, 421 p. ill. 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Introduction -- Developing a research question -- Questions originating in library and information practice -- Descriptions of phenomena or settings -- Testing hypotheses -- Questions related to theory / Chad Morgan and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Case studies / Songphan Choemprayong and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Naturalistic research / Abe J. Crystal and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Longitudinal studies -- Delphi studies / Lili Luo and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Quasi-experimental studies / Carolyn Hank andBarbara M. Wildemuth -- Experimental studies / Barbara M. Wildemuth and Leo L. Cao -- Sampling for extensive studies -- Sampling for intensive studies / Barbara M. Wildemuth and Leo L. Cao -- Studying special populations / Carol L. Perryman and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Historical research / Chad Morgan and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Existing documents and artifacts as data -- Transaction logs / Laura Sheble and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Think-aloud protocols / Sanghee Oh and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Direct observation -- Participant observation -- Research diaries / Laura Sheble and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Unstructured interviews / Yan Zhang and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Semistructured interviews / Lili Luo and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Focus groups / Barbara M. Wildemuth and Mary Wilkins Jordan -- Survey research / Carolyn Hank, Mary Wilkins Jordan, and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Measuring cognitive and affective variables -- Developing new measures / Songphan Choemprayong and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Content analysis / Kristina M. Spurgin and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Qualitative analysis of content / Yan Zhang and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Discourse analysis / Barbara M. Wildemuth and Carol L. Perryman -- Analytic induction / Kristina M. Spurgin and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Descriptive statistics -- Frequencies, cross-tabulation, and the chi square statistic -- Analyzing sequences of events -- Correlation -- Comparing means : t tests and analysis of variance / Abe J. Crystal and Barbara M. Wildemuth -- Putting it all together. Library science Research Methodology. 125887 Local Information science Research Methodology. 114610 Local 218399 218399 0 0 ddc 0 020_720000000000000_W672A 0 evl 31086 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Amazon 55.54 504849 0 020.72 W672a 80000002489311 2017-05-18 00:00:00 c.2 r:299473 z:Presup.2012-13 6 0 0 ddc 0 020_720000000000000_W672A 0 evl 31091 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Amazon 44.55 453992 1 020.72 W672a 80000002420076 2017-05-18 00:00:00 2016-06-27 r:299473 6