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Main Author: Schmitt, Carl M.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2005
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED492609
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contents Documentation for the Academic Library Survey (ALS) Data File: Fiscal Year 2002. NCES 2006-308 Schmitt, Carl M. Schools Guidance Academic Libraries Libraries Surveys This manual describes the methods, procedures, techniques, and activities that were used to produce the Academic Library Survey of 2002 (ALS:2002). This manual is designed to provide guidance and documentation for users of the ALS data. Included in the manual are the following: an overview of the study and its predecessor studies; an account of instrumentation; a summary of the data collection methodology and results, including detailed response rates; a description of data preparation and processing activities; and an overview data file structure and contents. The ALS:2002 provides information pertinent to libraries at 3,887 degree-granting postsecondary educational institutions throughout the 50 states, and the District of Columbia. The following are appended: (1) Glossary; (2) Record Layout; (3) Survey Instrument; (4) Crosswalks; (5) Edits and Imputations; (6) Response Rate Tables; (7) Comparison of Reported and Imputed Values; (8) Frequency and Continuous Variable Statistics; and (9) Planning Document. (Contains 6 notes.)
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spellingShingle Documentation for the Academic Library Survey (ALS) Data File: Fiscal Year 2002. NCES 2006-308
Schmitt, Carl M.
Schools
Guidance
Academic Libraries
Libraries
Surveys
Documentation for the Academic Library Survey (ALS) Data File: Fiscal Year 2002. NCES 2006-308 Schmitt, Carl M. Schools Guidance Academic Libraries Libraries Surveys This manual describes the methods, procedures, techniques, and activities that were used to produce the Academic Library Survey of 2002 (ALS:2002). This manual is designed to provide guidance and documentation for users of the ALS data. Included in the manual are the following: an overview of the study and its predecessor studies; an account of instrumentation; a summary of the data collection methodology and results, including detailed response rates; a description of data preparation and processing activities; and an overview data file structure and contents. The ALS:2002 provides information pertinent to libraries at 3,887 degree-granting postsecondary educational institutions throughout the 50 states, and the District of Columbia. The following are appended: (1) Glossary; (2) Record Layout; (3) Survey Instrument; (4) Crosswalks; (5) Edits and Imputations; (6) Response Rate Tables; (7) Comparison of Reported and Imputed Values; (8) Frequency and Continuous Variable Statistics; and (9) Planning Document. (Contains 6 notes.)
title Documentation for the Academic Library Survey (ALS) Data File: Fiscal Year 2002. NCES 2006-308
topic Schools
Guidance
Academic Libraries
Libraries
Surveys
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED492609