Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ209835
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Sep
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Two Models for Predicting Subject Circulation: A Contribution to the Allocation Problem.
McGrath, William E.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v30 n5 p264-68 Sep 1979
Two methods are presented by which the librarian can forecast book circulation by subject. The shelflist model treats the number of library books as a control variable, while the other defines the dependent variable as the proportion of the shelflist circulated. (FM)
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Circulation, Library Research, Methods, Models, Predictor Variables, Resource Allocation, Tables (Data)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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