Statistics for Library Decision Making - A Handbook

This handbook assists students in understanding statistics and the types of decisions that the selection of a test entails. At the same time the volume will assist a broad audience by reviewing the research process; by presenting fundamental statistical concepts and methods; by identifying writings on library management using statistical analyses; by discussing statistical applications to library management, decision making and problem solving; and by familiarizing library managers with statistical tables and analysis and graphics software. The purpose of this volume is to supplement statistical textbooks and to inform library managers and library school students about the application of selected statistical tests and the interpretation of statistical findings. This volume presents basic statistical and research concepts clearly. It is not intended as a textbook that identifies numerous statistical tests and merely details their computations. Rather, the book complements the pool of existing textbooks by placing selected statistical applications in the context of the research process and library decision.

About the author

Peter Hernon is professor of library and information science at Simmons College, Boston, MA. He is the author of 50 books, including Library Unlimited's Viewing Library Metrics from Different Perspectives and Making a Difference: Leadership and Academic Libraries; and Praeger's Federal Information Policies in the 1990s: Views and Perspectives.

Product details

• Authors: P. Hernon, Peter Hernon, Hernon Peter
• Assisted by: Peter Hernon (Editor), Hae-Young Rieh Hwang (Editor), Li-Ling Kuo (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1989
• EAN: 9780893916053
• ISBN: 978-0-89391-605-3
• No. of pages: 1
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Contemporary Studies in Inform; Contemporary Studies in Inform
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; Education, COMPUTERS / System Administration / Storage & Retrieval, COMPUTERS / Reference, COMPUTERS / System Administration / General, EDUCATION / Reference, Information Retrieval, Reference works, system administration, Storage media & peripherals, Computer networking & communications, Library, archive and information management, Library, Archive & Information Management, Librarianship: Philosophy, Values, and Issues, Storage media and peripherals