Applications of Social Research Methods to Questions in Information and Library Science · 2nd Edition by Wildemuth, Barbara M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Part I. Introduction

Part II. Research Questions in Information and Library Science

2. Developing a Research Question 3. Questions Originating in Library and Information Practice 4. Descriptions of Phenomena or Settings 5. Testing Hypotheses 6. Questions Related to Theory

Part III. Research Designs and Sampling

7. Case Studies 8. Naturalistic Research 9. Longitudinal Studies 10. Delphi Studies 11. Quasi-experimental Studies 12. Experimental Studies 13. Mixed Methods 14. Sampling for Extensive Studies 15. Sampling for Intensive Studies 16. Studying Special Populations

Part IV. Methods for Data Collection

17. Historical Research 18. Existing Documents and Artifacts as Data 19. Visual Data Collection Methods 20. Transaction Logs 21. Think-aloud Protocols 22. Direct Observation 23. Participant Observation 24. Research Diaries 25. Unstructured Interviews 26. Semistructured Interviews 27. Focus Groups 28. Survey Research 29. Measuring Cognitive and Affective Variables 30. Developing New Measures

Part V. Methods for Data Analysis

31. Content Analysis 32. Qualitative Analysis of Content 33. Discourse Analysis 34. Social Network Analysis 35. Descriptive Statistics 36. Frequencies, Cross-tabulation, and the Chi-square Statistic 37. Analyzing Sequences of Events 38. Correlation 39. Comparing Means: t Tests and Analysis of Variance

Part VI. Conclusion

40. Putting It All Together

Index of Authors of Examples Discussed Subject Index