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A Critical Review of the Use of Inferential Statistics in Library and Information Science Research in Korea

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2006, 40(2), pp.217-242
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science

Jung Soon Ro 1

1한남대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This Study reviewed 86 research articles using inferencial statistics published in 2001-2004 in 4 korean core journals in the field of library and information science. Sampling methods, response rates and nonresponse bias, reliability test, and inferential statistic techniques used in the articles were critically reviewed and analyzed. Nonprobability sampling was mostly used. Average response rate was 74.47%. Parametric statistics were mostly used. Some misunderstandings in using each inferencial statistics, especially Reliability Test, Multiple Regression, Factor Analysis, MDS, etc. were reported in this study.

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