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

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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Main Author: Friedman, Alon, 1966-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2016]
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300 |a 1 online resource (xvi, 355 pages) 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
588 |a Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. 
520 |a 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 collection methodologies, but also extends to the topics of visualization creation and display, so that the reader will be able to better conduct statistical analysis and communicate findings. Don't miss the book's companion Web site at www.statisticsforlis.org. 
546 |a English. 
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650 0 |a Library statistics. 
650 0 |a R (Computer program language) 
650 0 |a Information visualization. 
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650 7 |a Information science  |x Statistical methods  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Information visualization  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Library statistics  |2 fast 
650 7 |a R (Computer program language)  |2 fast 
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