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Goldhor, Herbert – RQ, 1987
Discusses sources of available data on reference questions asked and answered in public libraries, and analyzes data collected between 1970 and 1985 in nine states. National data from libraries in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain are also presented. (Author/MES)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Library Services, Library Statistics, Public Libraries
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Diener, Richard A. V. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Analyzes changing information values of journal article titles (measured by counting total number of words, number of keywords, and computing proportion of substantive words). Use of linear regression to determine change patterns for sample of titles from four selected journals, six library journals, and six miscellaneous journals (1951-1980) is…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Equations (Mathematics), Periodicals, Regression (Statistics)
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Serebnick, Judith – Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, 1984
Findings of study of book reviews selected randomly from six library journals (360 reviews for 1972-1974 publications; 360 reviews for 1978-1980 publications) reveals that for both time periods, core of 20-30 large trade publishers issued majority of books reviewed in journals and received higher number of multiple reviews. (Twenty-one references…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Data Analysis, Library Science, Publishing Industry
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Tolle, John E.; Hah, Sehchang – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
Presents analysis of online search patterns within user searching sessions of National Library of Medicine ELHILL system and examines user search patterns on the CATLINE database. Data previously analyzed on MEDLINE database for same period is used to compare the performance parameters of different databases within the same information system.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Databases, Information Systems
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Turner, Stephen J.; O'Brien, Gregory – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Results of data analysis on 470 journal titles illustrate complexity of the fuzzy set theory modeling process, which consists of three factors--number of missing issues, citations, circulations--and its limitations in making journal binding decisions. Procedures of research, data collection, and data analysis are discussed. Matrices are included.…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Discriminant Analysis
Clagett, Craig A. – 1989
Designed to help institutional researchers transform data into useful information, this paper discusses principles for presenting research results to administrators in the top levels of management. The first section describes ten fundamental principles of data presentation: knowing what information is needed; knowing when the information is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Analysis, Graphs, Information Dissemination
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Gee, James Paul; Grosjean, Francois – Cognitive Science: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Psychology and Language, 1984
Used experimental tasks--spontaneous telling of a story, reading, and parsing--to determine whether empirical data reflect narrative structure of stories. It was concluded that spontaneous pausing reflects the narrative structure and can be used as a guide to constructing theories of narrative structure and deciding between competing theories.…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Literature Reviews, Models, Narration
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Bond, Randall; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1987
Reports results of a pilot study and full survey of preservation/conservation concerns about the non-rare book collections at the Syracuse University libraries. The methodology is described, including physical characteristics of the collections that were examined and statistical analyses used. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Higher Education
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Gehlback, Roger D.; Partridge, M. J. – Instructional Science, 1984
Describes three experiments measuring changes in children's social speech which used the presence or absence of partitions allowing partial visual contact to alter verbal communication contingencies between players. Altered levels of speech and specificity confirm importance of physical environmental factors in regulation of children's play. (MBR)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Experiments
Grabinger, R. Scott – Journal of Visual/Verbal Languaging, 1984
Describes methodology and results of a study examining the role of layout and graphic design in the legibility of instructional text displayed on cathode ray tubes. This report includes a multidimensional scaling analysis, an analysis of the stimuli and independent variables, and labeling and dimensions using adjective and interview data. (MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Data Analysis, Instructional Design, Layout (Publications)
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Cluff, E. Dale; Murrah, David J. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1987
Randomly selected faculty from four state universities in Texas were surveyed to determine the degree to which the library and its resources influenced their decisions to accept university positions. Responses to the questionnaire reveal that faculty may take libraries for granted, as they are not exploited in faculty recruitment. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Analysis, Faculty Recruitment, Graduate School Faculty
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Reynolds, Judy – Research Strategies, 1987
Reports the methodology and conclusions of a study that examined the research skills of graduate students by analyzing the bibliographies of over 600 master's theses. Presented by academic department, the results include the type of formats used (books, periodicals, etc.), currentness of citations, and possible source of indexing for the journals.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Citations (References), Data Analysis, Graduate Students
Ballantyne, Marina; And Others – 1984
The Institute for Research on Educational Finance and Governance (IFG) has designed and implemented a major survey of public and private schools in the six-county San Francisco Bay Area which focuses on organizational dimensions in elementary and secondary schools. Private schools include Catholic parochial and private schools, independent…
Descriptors: Charts, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Linkous, L. W.; And Others – 1986
A reliability study of the Brigance Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills (CIBS) is presented. All test-data collectors were provided onsite training in the administration and scoring of the CIBS. The sample included 85 black and 319 white students from grades two through eight, from parochial and private schools, in a southeastern metropolitan…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Students, Data Analysis, Elementary Education
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Marland, Percy; And Others – Distance Education, 1984
Describes a process-tracing study which investigated study approaches adopted by four distance learners enrolled in the Bachelor of Education Program at James Cook University and their mental processes when learning from distance-teaching materials in order to identify textual features which activated mental processes for use in textual design.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Data Analysis, Design Requirements, Distance Education
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