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010 _a 2008053745
020 _a9781591585039 (alk. paper)
020 _a1591585031 (alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn289095944
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100 1 _aWildemuth, Barbara M.
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245 1 0 _aApplications of social research methods to questions in information and library science
_cBarbara M. Wildemuth.
260 _aWestport, Conn.
_bLibraries Unlimited
_c2009.
300 _avii, 421 p.
_bill.
_c26 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 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.
650 0 _aLibrary science
_xResearch
_xMethodology.
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650 0 _aInformation science
_xResearch
_xMethodology.
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