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The impact of information policy : measuring the effects of the commercialization of Canadian government statistics / Kirsti Nilsen.
Lippincott Library HA37.C26 N55 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nilsen, Kirsti.
- Series:
- Contemporary studies in information management, policy, and services
- Contemporary studies in information management, policies, and services
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information policy.
- Canada--Statistical services.
- Canada.
- Statistical services.
- Information policy--Canada.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Ablex Publishing, 2001.
- Contents:
- 1. Investigating Information Policy Effects 3
- Part II Information Policy
- 3. Government Information Policy: A Literature Review 31
- 4. Canadian Government Information Policy 55
- 5. Policy Effects on a Government Agency: Statistics Canada's Response to the Cost-Recovery and Restraint Initiatives 65
- Part III Determining Effects on Users
- 6. User Studies of Social Scientists and Statistics 93
- 7. Findings on Social Scientists and Their General Use of Statistics 103
- 8. Findings on Use of Statistics Canada and Other Statistics Sources 129
- 9. Effects of Information Policy on Users 167
- Part IV What We Know Now
- 10. Summarizing Findings and Drawing Conclusions 191
- 11. Epilogue: How Statistics Canada Responded to Social Scientists' Concerns 213
- Appendix A List of Source Journals 229
- Appendix B Survey Questionnaire in English 231
- Appendix C Comments from Survey Respondents 239.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1567505082
- 1567505090
- OCLC:
- 42863241
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