Scientific Elitism and the Information System of Science.

Amick, Daniel James

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Publication Date: 1973

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Scientific Elitism and the Information System of Science

Amick, Daniel James

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 24, 5, 317-327, Sep-Oct 73

Scientific elitism must be viewed as a multidimensional phenomenon. Ten variables of elitism are considered and a principal components factor analysis is used to scale this multivariate domain. Two significant dimensions of elitism were found; one in basic and one in applied science. (20 references) (Author)

Descriptors: Information Sources, Information Systems, Information Utilization, Scientists

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