DIGITAL COUNTING Julia Blixrud. Digital Counting or Counting Digital Stuff: Methods to Assure That I Have A Lot of Stuff, or at Least Enough Stuff, or.
Dec 20, 2015
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Digital Counting or Counting Digital Stuff:
Methods to Assure That
I Have A Lot of Stuff, or
at Least Enough Stuff, or
Perhaps More Stuff Than
Everyone Else
Digital Counting
• Research Requires Statistics
• Statistics Require Data Collection
• Data Collection Requires Counts
• Therefore: All Research Just Counting
Digital Counting FUNdamentals• Why Count
• What to Count
• How to Count
• Data Validation/Managing data errors
• Formulas to apply to make counts turn out to be what you said they would be
Purpose of Statistics:
WHO HAS THE MOST TOYS?
Why Do We Count
– DLI Project Requirement– People Love Numbers– People Love Charts and Graphs– People like to see their own institution as
#1– $$$$$
Determining the Count
Begin with the end in mind
(Covey Principle)
Determining the Count
Digital Counting: Variables
Digital Counting: Variables
Digital Counting: Variables
Digital Counting: Variables
Digital Counting: Methods
• Observation
• Sampling
• Survey
• Modeling (Monument building)
• Automated Statistics Gathering– Web searches– Server calls / Catalog calls
Digital Counting: Tools
Digital Counting: Tools
Digital Counting: Tools
Digital Counting: Tools
Digital Counting: Tools
Digital Counting: Results
DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DODO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO
Digital Counting: Data Validation
• The Chocolate Effect
• Also known as the “Fudge Factor” -- the Difference between what you get and what you already told people the number would be (usually a factor of 20%)
Digital Counting: Data Validation
• Lake Wobegon Effect
• In Lake Wobegon All the Children are Above Average
Digital Counting: Data Validation
• Thud Factor
• Bloatware
• The heavier the report, the more significant the results
• The more computer space used by the program and data the better
A Cool Formula
.45069 x log(VH) + .41567 x log(VA) + .36523 x log(CS)+ .49052 x log(LE) + .49621 x log(TS) - 26.6875106
Digital Counting: Reports
• Inputs and Outputs
• Correlations and Distributions
• Formulas and ratios
• Humps and Valleys
• Pies and Bars
Digital Counting Result:We’re Number 1!!!!!
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