LSU Libraries

TABLE 4

3x3 Contingency Table for the Relationship
of Faculty Score to UnCover Use*

UnCover Use

Low
1 Use per Title (310 Uses;
11.7% of Use)

Medium
2-6 Uses per Title
(977 Uses;
36.7% of Use)

High
7-198 Uses per Title
(1,372 Uses;
51.6% of Use)

TOTALS

Zero or Low
Titles either not named by faculty or accounting for bottom 25% of faculty score in each curriculum core

279**
263.0
46.2%
90.0%

277
274.0
45.9%
85.8%

48
67.0
8.0%
60.8%

604 titles
84.8% of faculty score titles

Medium
Titles accounting for mid 25% of faculty score in each curriculum core

25
34.4
31.7%
8.1%

35
35.8
44.3%
10.8%

19
8.8
24.1%
24.1%

79 titles
11.1% of faculty score titles

High
Titles accounting for top 50% of faculty score in each curriculum core

6

12.6
20.7%
1.9%

11
13.2
37.9%
3.4%

12
3.2
41.4%

15.2%

29 titles
4.1% of
faculty score titles


TOTALS
310 titles
43.5% of
use titles
323 titles
45.4% of
use titles
79 titles
11.1 % of
use titles
712 titles
100% of

titles

*Chi-square = 48.7. Null hypothesis rejected at less than the 0.0001 level of significance. Kendall's tau-b = 0.181. Significant at less than the 0.0002 level.

**Cell Numbers in Descending Order = Observed Frequency; Expected Frequency; % Faculty Score Titles in Its Row; % UnCover Use Titles in Its Column.


Previous Section | Table of Contents | Next Section


LSU Libraries | Louisiana State University | Collection Development | Collection Development Policies


[ Collection Development/Acquisitions ] [ Collection Services ] [ LSU Libraries ] [ LSU Home Page ]
Copyright © 1997-2009 LSU Libraries
URL: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/collserv/lrts/table4.html
Contact the Collection Services Webmaster (LIBCS@lsu.edu) about this site.