The goals of the paper are: (1) to suggest that library and information science already depend heavily on statistical techniques; (2) to present examples of the need for greater knowledge of ...

3 Credits This course introduces students to statistics and quantitative information. The course surveys probability theory, hypothesis testing, descriptive statistics and visualizations, and ...

Data are used to develop two measures of racial/ethnic diversity: an index of minority diversity and white ethnic diversity. These indices are compared with "political culture" categories using ...