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The Growth of Understanding in Information Science: Towards a Developmental Model.
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Ford, Nigel – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Explores similarities between research approaches characterizing different paradigms in information science and different information-processing styles of individual researchers. Proposes a model of the way in which new knowledge is generated, based on these similarities. The model focuses on "research pathologies," and ways in which the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Information Processing, Information Science
Federal Research Impact Assessment: State-of-the-Art.
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Kostoff, Ronald N. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Describes the practice of federal evaluation of research impact through three approaches: retrospective methods; qualitative methods, including peer review; and quantitative methods. Recommended areas for study in federal research impact assessment are suggested, including predictive reliability, comparative studies, time and cost estimates,…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Evaluation Methods
Information Science and Information Policy: The Use of Constant Dollars and Other Indicators To Manage Research Investments.
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Henderson, Albert – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Compares constant dollar spending on research with constant dollar spending on libraries 1960-1995. Evaluation of the indirect cost policy by which library costs are reimbursed as a function of science grant management suggests it has failed to promote cost-effective research. Evaluation of the impact of various information technologies finds…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Federal Aid