Applications of Social Research Methods to Questions in Information and Library Science
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781440839047
ISBN-10: 1440839042
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Greutate: 0.96 kg
Ediția:Revised.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Libraries Unlimited
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1440839042
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Greutate: 0.96 kg
Ediția:Revised.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Libraries Unlimited
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Caracteristici
Presents completely updated content that includes several new chapters on innovative methods (mixed methods research and social network analysis), and more than half of the methods chapters focus on critiquing new research studies
Notă biografică
Barbara M. Wildemuth is professor and associate dean in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Cuprins
AcknowledgmentsPart I. Introduction1. Using Research Results to Improve Practice in the Information ProfessionsBarbara M. WildemuthPart II. Research Questions in Information and Library Science2. Developing a Research QuestionBarbara M. Wildemuth3. Questions Originating in Library and Information PracticeBarbara M. Wildemuth4. Descriptions of Phenomena or SettingsBarbara M. Wildemuth5. Testing HypothesesBarbara M. Wildemuth6. Questions Related to TheoryChad Morgan and Barbara M. WildemuthPart III. Research Designs and Sampling7. Case StudiesSongphan Choemprayong and Barbara M. Wildemuth8. Naturalistic ResearchAbe J. Crystal and Barbara M. Wildemuth9. Longitudinal StudiesBarbara M. Wildemuth10. Delphi StudiesLili Luo and Barbara M. Wildemuth11. Quasi-experimental StudiesCarolyn Hank and Barbara M. Wildemuth12. Experimental StudiesBarbara M. Wildemuth and Leo L. Cao13. Mixed MethodsBarbara M. Wildemuth14. Sampling for Extensive StudiesBarbara M. Wildemuth15. Sampling for Intensive StudiesBarbara M. Wildemuth and Leo L. Cao16. Studying Special PopulationsCarol L. Perryman and Barbara M. WildemuthPart IV. Methods for Data Collection17. Historical ResearchChad Morgan and Barbara M. Wildemuth18. Existing Documents and Artifacts as DataBarbara M. Wildemuth19. Visual Data Collection MethodsBarbara M. Wildemuth20. Transaction LogsLaura Sheble, Barbara M. Wildemuth, and Kathy Brennan21. Think-aloud ProtocolsSanghee Oh and Barbara M. Wildemuth22. Direct ObservationBarbara M. Wildemuth23. Participant ObservationBarbara M. Wildemuth24. Research DiariesLaura Sheble, Leslie Thomson, and Barbara M. Wildemuth25. Unstructured InterviewsYan Zhang and Barbara M. Wildemuth26. Semistructured InterviewsLili Luo and Barbara M. Wildemuth27. Focus GroupsBarbara M. Wildemuth and Mary Wilkins Jordan28. Survey ResearchCarolyn Hank, Mary Wilkins Jordan, and Barbara M. Wildemuth29. Measuring Cognitive and Affective VariablesBarbara M. Wildemuth30. Developing New MeasuresSongphan Choemprayong and Barbara M. WildemuthPart V. Methods for Data Analysis31. Content AnalysisKristina M. Spurgin and Barbara M. Wildemuth32. Qualitative Analysis of ContentYan Zhang and Barbara M. Wildemuth33. Discourse AnalysisBarbara M. Wildemuth and Carol L. Perryman34. Social Network AnalysisLaura Sheble, Kathy Brennan, and Barbara M. Wildemuth35. Descriptive StatisticsBarbara M. Wildemuth36. Frequencies, Cross-tabulation, and the Chi-square StatisticBarbara M. Wildemuth37. Analyzing Sequences of EventsBarbara M. Wildemuth38. CorrelationBarbara M. Wildemuth39. Comparing Means: t Tests and Analysis of VarianceAbe J. Crystal and Barbara M. WildemuthPart VI. Conclusion40. Putting It All TogetherBarbara M. WildemuthIndex of Authors of Examples DiscussedSubject IndexAbout the Editor and Contributors
Recenzii
Serving as a how-to guide, this well-written book helps the reader understand research methods.