Statistical Sampling of Reference Desk Inquiries.

Edinger, Joyce A.; Falk, Steven

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Publication Date: 1981

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Statistical Sampling of Reference Desk Inquiries.

Edinger, Joyce A.; Falk, Steven

RQ, v20 n3 p265-68 Spr 1981

Discusses the application of statistical sampling to the compiling of reference-desk statistics, and describes a technique that uses the Pearson correlation procedure of SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) to determine appropriate sampling periods for keeping reference desk statistics at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. (FM)

Descriptors: Data Collection, Library Services, Reference Services, Sampling

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Language: English

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