Wildemuth, Barbara M. creator text bibliography ctu Westport, Conn Libraries Unlimited 2009 monographic eng

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vii, 421 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. 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. Barbara M. Wildemuth. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Library science Research Methodology Information science Research Methodology Z669.7 .W55 2009 020.72 9781591585039 (alk. paper) 1591585031 (alk. paper) 2008053745 DLC 081212 20170602125219.0 15554413