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Download full textBrooks, Terrence A.; Forys, John W., Jr. – 1984
Based on sample data representing five years of monthly circulation totals from 50 academic libraries in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Ohio, a study was conducted to determine the most efficient smoothing forecasting methods for academic libraries. Smoothing forecasting methods were chosen because they have been characterized…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Goodness of Fit, Higher Education, Library Circulation
Peer reviewedTague, Jean; Ajiferuke, Isola – Journal of Documentation, 1987
Two models of library circulation, the Markov model and the mixed Poisson Model, are applied to circulation statistics from the University of Saskatchewan. Goodness-of-fit tests indicate that neither model fits the data; in both cases, the set of noncirculating items is larger than that predicted by the model. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Goodness of Fit
