03245cam a2200301 a 4500 15554413 OSt 20170602125219.0 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 22 Wildemuth, Barbara M. 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. Information science Research Methodology. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc SB 256500 256499 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC 40404 40404 GEN 2017-06-02 4 Z669.7 .W55 2009 201700190 2019-05-29 00:00:00 2019-05-16 2017-06-02 SB 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC 40404 40404 GEN 2017-06-02 1 Z669.7 .W55 2009 201700191 2019-10-12 00:00:00 2019-10-11 2017-06-02 SB