Statistics for library and information services : a primer for using open source R software for accessibility and visualization /

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Statistics for Library and Information Services, written for non-statisticians, provides logical, user-friendly, and step-by-step instructions to make statistics more accessible for students and professionals in the field of Information Science. It emphasizes concepts of statistical theory and data...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Friedman, Alon, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2016]
Subjects:
Information science > Statistical methods.
Library statistics.
R (Computer program language)
Information visualization.
Bibliothèques > Statistiques.
R (Langage de programmation)
Visualisation de l'information.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
Information science > Statistical methods
Information visualization
Library statistics
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Research design
  • Data (types and collection methods)
  • How to run R
  • Descriptive statistics
  • Bivariate statistics
  • Probability theory
  • Random variables and probability distributions
  • Sampling distributions
  • Confidence interval estimation
  • Fundamentals of hypothesis testing
  • Correlation and regression
  • Analysis of variances and chi-square tests
  • Time series and predictive analytics
  • Visualization display
  • Advanced visualization display
  • Applying visualization to statistics analysis
  • Appendix A. Frequency used formulas used in this book
  • Appendix B. Statistics tables (Z score and critical values for student's T distribution)
  • Appendix C. Frequency R commands.

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