Measurement in information science /

Measurement in information science / Bert R. Boyce, Charles T. Meadow, Donald H. Kraft.

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Examines how measurement is defined and used in information science, including documents/text/records, searching, output services, and data collection.

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Main Author: Boyce, Bert R.
Other Authors: Meadow, Charles T., Kraft, Donald H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, 1994.
Series:Library and information science (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Information science > Statistical methods.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of Measurement
  • 2. Methods of Measurement
  • 3. Accuracy and Reliability of Measures
  • 4. Sets and Scales
  • 5. Statistical Measures
  • Description by Reduction
  • 6. Statistical Tests and Correlation
  • 7. Clustering, Similarity, and Set Membership Measures
  • 8. Measures of Language and Text
  • 9. Measures of Bibliographic Phenomena
  • 10. Introduction to Measurement in Information Retrieval
  • 11. Measurement of Data bases
  • 12. Measures of the Retrieval Process
  • 13. Measurement of Retrieval Outcome
  • 14. Measurement of Users
  • 15. Software Metrics
  • 16. Measures of Information Services.

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