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The Information Needs and the Information Seeking Behavior of a National Sample of the Population in the United Kingdom, with Special Reference to Needs Related to Citizenship.
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Marcella, Rita; Baxter, Graeme – Journal of Documentation, 1999
Reports results of a survey of information needs and information seeking behavior of a national sample of the United Kingdom population. Fourteen tables show results, including: demographic details of respondents; past and future information needs; preferred sources of information; preferred methods of obtaining information; and perceived…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Behavior Patterns, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Data Organisation and Retrieval by Children.
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Underwood, Jean; Underwood, Geoffrey – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1987
Discussion of the use of computer-based information retrieval systems in schools focuses on three paper and pencil experiments conducted in the United Kingdom that were designed to investigate how 9- to 11-year-olds organized and retrieved information from four organizational structures: lists, hierarchies, networks, and tables. (18 references)…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation
Teleworking and Globalisation. Towards a Methodology for Mapping and Measuring the Emerging Global Division of Labour in the Information Economy.
Huws, Ursula; Jagger, Nick; O'Regan, Siobhan – 1999
Inexpensive telecommunications, the spread of computing, and globalization are creating major change in the location of work within and between countries. Because no tools have yet been developed to investigate the new spatial employment patterns, a cluster analysis involving more than 50 variables and 206 countries was performed to group…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cluster Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection