Introduction to Informetrics: Quantitative Methods in Library, Documentation and Information Science

摘要: I. Statistics This part begins with elementary descriptive statistics and elements of probability. It continues a chapter on inferential statistics, including regression, correlation nonparametric statistics. Next, there is sampling theory, overlap problems. Part I concludes short description several techniques multivariate statistics: multiple principal component analysis, multidimensional scaling cluster techniques. II. Operations research library management The second deals applications linear programming, transportation assignment problems, basic queueing theory. Special attention paid to book circulation interference. III. Citation analysis Citer motivations, citation networks, bibliographic coupling co-citation analysis are introduced here. measures such as the impact factor defined. This ends some science policy applications. IV. Informetric models Informetric models their relations studied. At heart this theory dual approach between sources items giving rise definition Information Production Processes. Explanations classical informetric laws well fitting methods provided.