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Download full textTimmerman, Annemarie – 2002
This paper discusses some basic assumptions and issues concerning web-based surveys. Discussion includes: assumptions regarding cost and ease of use; disadvantages of web-based surveys, concerning the inability to compensate for four common errors of survey research: coverage error, sampling error, measurement error and nonresponse error; and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
Burns, Robert W., Jr. – 1973
A study was conducted at the Colorado State University Libraries to determine the needs and attitudes of students and faculty members in relation to library services in general and to the science reference desk in particular. In addition, the habits and preferences of a cross-section of library users were investigated, and an instrument was…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Libraries, Library Facilities
Pace, C. Robert – 1981
It is proposed that the breadth or scope of high quality effort by college students to use facilities and opportunities on campus is a potential index of the quality of undergraduate education. In 1979 and 1980, responses to quality-of-effort measures (generally, student activity checklists) were obtained from over 9,000 undergraduates at 30…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Quality, Facility Utilization Research, Higher Education
Carroll, Bonnie C.; King, Donald W. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Presents a framework for measuring the value of information from three perspectives--the reader of information, the organization or funder, and society--which is based on use studies of the Energy Data Base by Department of Energy researchers. (CLB)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Information Centers
GOODMAN, ARNOLD F.; AND OTHERS – 1966
A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE NATION'S DEFENSE INDUSTRY TO DETERMINE ITS INFORMATION NEEDS AND THE FLOW OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION (FLOW PROCESS) NECESSARY TO SATISFY THESE NEEDS. VOLUME I, LI 000 345, OF THE THREE VOLUME FINAL REPORT IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE OTHER TWO VOLUMES AND INCLUDES GUIDELINES FOR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS AND…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Data Analysis
Peer reviewedCallison, Daniel – Library & Information Science Research, 1997
The case study method (employing direct observation and interviews) has become the primary means of investigating how secondary school and undergraduate students locate and use information in the library. This article examines and illustrates the shift from survey to case study with examples from dissertations and field studies of secondary school…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change, Higher Education, Information Seeking
