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Peer reviewedBrooks, Terrence A. – Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, 1984
Two sophisticated--autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA), straight-line regression--and two naive--simple average, monthly average--forecasting techniques were used to forecast monthly circulation totals of 34 public libraries. Comparisons of forecasts and actual totals revealed that ARIMA and monthly average methods had smallest mean…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Library Circulation, Prediction, Predictive Measurement
Peer reviewedClark, Philip M.; Benson, James – RQ, 1985
Proposes and investigates feasibility of using three new variables in addition to simple activity counts in measuring reference services: (1) user questioning regardless of where activity occurs; (2) treating individual user and question as unit of analysis; and (3) examination of questioning in context of other library use. (11 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Females, Library Circulation, Library Services, Library Surveys
