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Penniman, W. D.; Dominick, W. D. – Information Processing and Management, 1980
Presents the state-of-the-art of information systems monitoring, addressing historical and current approaches and manual and automated techniques; develops the concept of automated monitoring into a well-defined methodology; formulates methodologies/techniques/theoretical foundations for analyzing monitored data; and discusses computer based…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Flow Charts

Pao, Miranda Lee – Information Processing and Management, 1985
A step-by-step outline is presented for testing the applicability of Lotka's law of scientific productivity. Steps include the computation of the values of the exponent and constant based on Lotka's method and the test for significance of observed frequency distribution against the estimated theoretical distribution derived from Lotka's formula.…
Descriptors: Authors, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Indexes

Ramsing, Kenneth D.; Wish, John R. – Information Processing and Management, 1982
Discusses trade-off analysis, a data collection method with conjoint measurement technique in which respondents rank order a matrix of pairs of levels of specific attributes, and gives examples for use in determining library users' perceptions of relative utility of completeness of information versus cost of a search. Twelve sources are cited.…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Collection, Graphs, Information Retrieval

Hancock-Beaulieu, Micheline; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1991
Describes an investigation of tools, techniques, and methods for the evaluation of interactive library catalogs, with emphasis on diagnostic methods and on use of the catalog in the wider context of user information-seeking behavior. A front-end system (Olive) developed to test various enhancements of traditional transaction lodging as a…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods

Rouse, Sandra H.; Rouse, William B. – Information Processing and Management, 1979
Discusses the design of a model-based management information system in terms of mathematical/statistical, information processing, and human factors issues and presents a prototype system for interlibrary loan networks. (Author/CWM)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Human Resources, Information Processing