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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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1995
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| contents | Report on Evaluation of Definitions Used in the Public Library Statistics Program. Technical Report. Data Analysis Data Collection Definitions Federal Programs Federal State Relationship Library Collections Library Personnel Library Services Library Statistics Public Libraries Vocabulary This report reflects the results of an evaluation of the definitions used in the annual Public Library Statistics (PLS) program, a joint federal-state information collection project, and is intended to raise specific issues for discussion among the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the Federal State Cooperative System (FSCS), and the states concerning these definitions. Definitions are given for four categories of variables for which statistics are collected: outlets, staff, collections, and services. The statistics for each variable measure the number of occurrences at the individual public library level, and permit aggregations at the state and national levels. Each subsection of variables contains: (1) the FSCS definition, including any prior changes that are useful in the definition's analysis; (2) the state definition and comparison to the FSCS definition; (3) data describing what the statistics indicate about how the definition is applied; and (4) issues describing any problems in the definition or its application. In addition, each subsection provides a brief background description for the general category, the variables, and the products or services the PLS census is attempting to measure. (Contains 66 references and 20 tables.) (MAS) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 1995 |
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| spellingShingle | Report on Evaluation of Definitions Used in the Public Library Statistics Program. Technical Report. Data Analysis Data Collection Definitions Federal Programs Federal State Relationship Library Collections Library Personnel Library Services Library Statistics Public Libraries Vocabulary Report on Evaluation of Definitions Used in the Public Library Statistics Program. Technical Report. Data Analysis Data Collection Definitions Federal Programs Federal State Relationship Library Collections Library Personnel Library Services Library Statistics Public Libraries Vocabulary This report reflects the results of an evaluation of the definitions used in the annual Public Library Statistics (PLS) program, a joint federal-state information collection project, and is intended to raise specific issues for discussion among the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the Federal State Cooperative System (FSCS), and the states concerning these definitions. Definitions are given for four categories of variables for which statistics are collected: outlets, staff, collections, and services. The statistics for each variable measure the number of occurrences at the individual public library level, and permit aggregations at the state and national levels. Each subsection of variables contains: (1) the FSCS definition, including any prior changes that are useful in the definition's analysis; (2) the state definition and comparison to the FSCS definition; (3) data describing what the statistics indicate about how the definition is applied; and (4) issues describing any problems in the definition or its application. In addition, each subsection provides a brief background description for the general category, the variables, and the products or services the PLS census is attempting to measure. (Contains 66 references and 20 tables.) (MAS) |
| title | Report on Evaluation of Definitions Used in the Public Library Statistics Program. Technical Report. |
| topic | Data Analysis Data Collection Definitions Federal Programs Federal State Relationship Library Collections Library Personnel Library Services Library Statistics Public Libraries Vocabulary |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED378991 |