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001			0000058472
005			20171002023054.0
008			081212s2009 ctua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2008053745
020			_a1591585031 (alk. paper)
020			_a9781591585039 (alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn289095944
040			_dEOtanga
050	1		_aZ669.7 _b.W55
082	0	0	_a020.72 _222
100	1		_aWildemuth, Barbara M.
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	_aInformation science _xResearch _xMethodology.
650		0	_aLibrary science _xResearch _xMethodology.
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