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Descriptive statistics: where they sit and how they fall

Joseph Janes (Joseph Janes is Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. <jwj@u.washington.edu>)

Library Hi Tech

ISSN: 0737-8831

Article publication date: 1 December 1999

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Abstract

This column continues a series on topics in research methodology, statistics, and data analysis techniques for the library and information sciences. It discusses the basics of descriptive statistics (mean, median, mode, range, standard deviation), how to use them, and when they are and are not appropriate.

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Janes, J. (1999), "Descriptive statistics: where they sit and how they fall", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 17 No. 4, pp. 402-409. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378839910303063

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