Statistical analysis used in LIS research produced by Pakistani authors

Ullah, Ahsan; Ameen, Kanwal

doi:10.1108/oir-02-2021-0092

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“…Research articles were then categorized into Empirical and Non-empirical. Ullah and Ameen (2022a) adapted the scheme of Jarvelin and Vakkari (1990) to identify empirical articles. Out of 600 articles, 518 articles collected empirical data.…”

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Growth, subject areas, and application of research methods in user studies: A content analysis of articles produced by Pakistani authors

Ullah¹,

Ameen²

2022

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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Information science profession is concerned with information user and every development in this field has been designed to make it easier for the user to access documents or information. The current study examined user studies to provide understanding about the users, growth in user studies, topics, and methods of user studies. A content analysis method has been adopted and empirical research articles produced by Pakistani authors during the period 2001–2016 have been examined. Out of 518 empirical articles, 185 user studies were selected for examining users, subject and methods. Growth in user studies research was lower from the period 2001 to 2008 but number of studies increased significantly after 2008. Dominant majority of user studies collected data from educational institutions. Academicians and students were the most frequently studied users. Bureaucrats, judges, and other officials have not been examined for elicitation of their needs in spite of the fact that libraries have been established with government departments and courts. In respect of research areas of user studies, information needs and seeking behavior, use and skills of internet and social media, use of electronic resources and satisfaction of users with library services constitute 90% of user studies research. With respect to use of research methodology, quantitative approach (78%) is popular in user studies followed by mixed methods (10%), qualitative (8%), and multimethod (4%). More than one method is used in 14% user studies research. In case of frequency of research methods, questionnaire (72%) is the dominant method followed by interview (14%). The current study is unique because it identified popular topics and methods in user studies research.

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Growth, subject areas, and application of research methods in user studies: A content analysis of articles produced by Pakistani authors

Ullah¹,

Ameen²

2022

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“…Jan and Shehyar (2021) conducted a methodological review to explore the use of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods. Ullah and Ameen (2022a) explored the use of statistical analysis in research articles, and in another paper, they examined the growth, research areas and the application of research methods in user studies (Ullah and Ameen 2022b) To fill the gap in national and international literature, it seems desirable to examine the application of plurality of methods in LIS research produced by Pakistani authors.…”

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Examining the use of methodological pluralism in Library and Information Science empirical research produced by Pakistani authors

Ullah¹,

Ameen²

2022

MJLIS

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Methodological pluralism or plurality is considered as the employment of more than one method in an inquiry. Methodological pluralism can be categorised into mixed methods and multi-method. The current study explored the use of methodological pluralism in Library and Information Science (LIS) research produced by Pakistani authors. Qualitative content analysis was used to explore latent and manifest use of methodologies in research articles authored by Pakistani published between 2001 and 2016 in national and international journals. Multiple searching strategies were used to identify the articles published in international journals. Findings show that high majority of Pakistani authors did not use the terms mixed methods and multi-method in the description of methodology. Nearly one third (30%) research articles used more than one method. The share of multi-method research (16%) is slightly higher than mixed methods research (14%). In multi-methods articles, combining of quantitative methods was less prevalent as compared to qualitative methods. Multi-method quantitative was used in only six articles. In case of multi-method qualitative design, interviews, personal communication and discussion with experts, literature review and content analysis are the most popular methods. In mixed methods research, interview and questionnaire are the most used methods. Growth in methodological pluralism is half than growth of articles with single method. Knowing and elaboration of the differentiation in mixed methods and multi-method can help in the education and use of methodological pluralism among LIS researchers. Authors should use and explore methodological plurality by treating multi-method designs as separate from mixed method designs.

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Non-synchronism in global usage of research methods in library and information science from 1990 to 2019

Zhang

Tian

2023

Scientometrics

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Statistical analysis used in LIS research produced by Pakistani authors

Cited by 6 publications

References 38 publications

Growth, subject areas, and application of research methods in user studies: A content analysis of articles produced by Pakistani authors

Growth, subject areas, and application of research methods in user studies: A content analysis of articles produced by Pakistani authors

Examining the use of methodological pluralism in Library and Information Science empirical research produced by Pakistani authors

Non-synchronism in global usage of research methods in library and information science from 1990 to 2019

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