Applications of Social Research Methods to Questions in Information and Library Science 2nd Edition by Barbara Wildemuth 8216048749 9798216048749

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ISBN-13 : 9798216048749

Author:  Barbara M. Wildemuth 

The second edition of this innovative textbook illustrates research methods for library and information science, describing the most appropriate approaches to a question—and showing you what makes research successful. Written for the serious practicing librarian researcher and the LIS student, this volume fills the need for a guide focused specifically on information and library science research methods. By critically assessing existing studies from within library and information science, this book helps you acquire a deeper understanding of research methods so you will be able to design more effective studies yourself. Section one considers research questions most often asked in information and library science and explains how they arise from practice or theory. Section two covers a variety of research designs and the sampling issues associated with them, while sections three and four look at methods for collecting and analyzing data. Each chapter introduces a particular research method, points out its relative strengths and weaknesses, and provides a critique of two or more exemplary studies. For this second edition, three new chapters have been added, covering mixed methods, visual data collection methods, and social network analysis. The chapters on research diaries and transaction log analysis have been updated, and updated examples are provided in more than a dozen other chapters as well.

Applications of Social Research Methods to Questions in Information and Library Science 2nd table of contents:

Part I. Introduction
1. Using Research Results to Improve Practice in the Information Professions
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

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