The convenience of nonprobability: Survey strategies for small academic libraries

Skowronek, Dolores; Duerr, Larry

doi:10.5860/crln.70.7.8221

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“…Whenever applicable, respondents were also asked to present their related financial documents (receipts, pay-roll sheets) (Yin, 1994). Collecting information from participants of both genders, various socio-economic statuses, coming from various parts of the country in order to obtain a countrywide sample, with hospitalization experience from private hospitals in the major urban centers in the country (Athens, Thessaloniki, Crete) additionally controlled for uncertainty and bias of convenience sampling (Skowronck and Duerr, 2009). We employed the formula of Kraska-Miller (2013:18) to yield the minimum number of hospitalization events required, aiming to obtain a satisfactory subset of the target population.…”

Section: Data Collection and Sampling Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Out of pocket payments and social health insurance for private hospital care: Evidence from Greece

Grigorakis

Floros²,

Tsangari

et al. 2016

Health Policy

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confidence: 99%

Out of pocket payments and social health insurance for private hospital care: Evidence from Greece

Grigorakis

Floros²,

Tsangari

et al. 2016

Health Policy

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“…It can also be used when the research does not aim to generate results that will be used to create generalisations pertaining to the entire population’ (Etikan et al, 2016). In particular, non-probability sampling can ‘confirm or displace anecdotal impressions’ (Skowronek and Duerr, 2009). In this case, the survey has two goals.…”

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Conceptualising and measuring the location of work: Work location as a probability space

Shearmur

2020

Urban Studies

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There is currently considerable interest in workers performing tasks from a variety of workplaces, such as co-working spaces, transport-networks and cafés. However, it remains difficult to ascertain the extent to which this workplace mobility is altering urban economic geography, since most analyses of the location of economic activity in cities are based upon census-type data that assume a unique place of work for each worker. In this paper I propose a framework that extends the concept of place of work: work is probabilistically assigned to different types of workplace according to the proportion of work time spent in each. The limitations of census data are discussed and illustrated, after which the framework is operationalised in an exploratory survey. Census data suggest a modest increase in workplace mobility, with most work still taking place either at home or in a fixed workplace. The paper’s principal contribution is to explain these data’s limitations and show how work location can be operationalised as a probability space.

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“…Additionally, as the present study was not funded, convenience sampling was adequate to avoid the challenge of limited resources, failure to contact or recognize subjects of the study and to create awareness about the factors affecting the adoption of digital libraries from users' perspective. Furthermore, Skowronek and Duerr (2009) asserted that convenience sampling is appropriate for librarians to investigate the use of libraries. Thus, a questionnaire was used to gather data from research students.…”

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Understanding research students’ behavioural intention in the adoption of digital libraries

Khan

Qutab

2016

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that influence the adoption of Higher Education Commission (HEC) National Digital Library among research students in different universities of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach The study framework was based on technology acceptance model (TAM). A sample of Pakistani university students completed the questionnaire measuring the effects of extraneous stimuli through cognitive responses on adoption of the HEC digital library. To test the research hypotheses, multiple regression analysis was used. Findings The findings revealed that: cognitive responses predicted students’ intention of using HEC digital library; extraneous variables significantly influenced cognitive responses; system characteristics directly influenced usefulness and ease of use; interface characteristics directly influenced cognitive responses; and individual differences significantly affected the ease of use. Similarly, system quality was identified with the highest direct effect on usefulness, whereas navigation had the highest influence on easy use of the HEC digital library of Pakistan. In addition, usefulness was explored with the highest effect on intention to use the HEC digital library of Pakistan. The findings revealed that individual behaviours influence the use of digital libraries which imply that acceptance of an information system (IS) involve cognitive idiosyncrasies. Findings of the study are useful for Pakistani academic librarians to enhance adoption and usability of the HEC digital library of Pakistan. The study extended cross-cultural validation of TAM and explored how that Pakistani university students utilize HEC digital library. Research limitations/implications These findings have significant implications for librarians in developing countries, such as to evaluate usability of digital libraries from individuals’ perspective, create awareness, customize users’ interface and train students in navigational techniques. It may also facilitate librarians to improve their current levels of library assistance and emphasize the usefulness of digital libraries towards academic excellence. The findings equally suggest that individual behaviours influence the use of digital libraries because acceptance of an information system involves cognitive idiosyncrasies. This study explored all possible links between the study constructs and emphasized that findings are useful to enhance the adoption and usability of digital library in the developing countries. Originality/value This study is the first attempt that empirically assessed the adoption of digital libraries in terms of Pakistani research students. The study validated TAM in the context of Pakistani university librarianship that extended the cross-cultural validation of TAM. Furthermore, the study focused on real constructs instead of dummy variables and predicted significant effects on acceptance and rejection of digital libraries.

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The convenience of nonprobability: Survey strategies for small academic libraries

Cited by 29 publications

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Out of pocket payments and social health insurance for private hospital care: Evidence from Greece

Out of pocket payments and social health insurance for private hospital care: Evidence from Greece

Conceptualising and measuring the location of work: Work location as a probability space

Understanding research students’ behavioural intention in the adoption of digital libraries

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