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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1973
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED086218 |
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- A General Statistical Model for Increasing Efficiency and Confidence in Manual Data Collection Systems Through Sampling. Lied, Terry R. Tolliver, Don L. College Libraries Confidence Testing Data Collection Library Research Library Surveys Models Research Methodology Sampling Statistical Analysis Statistical Surveys Use Studies Through utilization of effective sampling procedures, libraries may obtain substantial savings in terms of data collection costs. A theoretical statistical sampling model is presented and two types of random sampling techniques are empirically compared as to their effectiveness in estimating a library usage parameter. Implications are drawn for the possible use of these techniques in library setting. (Author)