MLIE-105 Solved Assignment 2018-19
MLIE-105: Informetrics and Scientometrics
Tutor Marked Assignment
Assignment Code: AST/TMA/Jul.2018-Jan.2019
Units: 1-18 Total Marks: 50
| Title Name | MLIE-105 Solved Assignment 2018-19 |
| University | IGNOU |
| Service Type | Solved Assignment (Soft copy/PDF) |
| Course | MLIS |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Semester | 2018-2019 Course: MLIS |
| Session | 2018-19 |
| Short Name | MLIE-105 (ENGLISH) |
| Assignment Code | AST/TMA/Jul.2018/Jan.2019 |
| Product | Assignment of MLIS 2018-2019 (IGNOU) |
| Submission Date | before March 31th, 2019 for the session July, 2018 and before September 30th, 2019 for the session January 2019 |
Note: Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks
1.1 What is meant by ‘scales of measurement’? Explain different type of scales.
OR
1.2 Describe ‘informativeness’ and discuss its properties.
2.1 Discuss the importance of citation analysis in scientometric studies. Explain the different
types of scientometric maps.
OR
2.2 Define Bradford’s Law. Discuss how it can be applied in library and information services
with examples.
3.1 What do you understand by ‘obsolescence of literature’? Discuss various methods and
their limitations for finding ‘obsolescence of literature’.
OR
3.2 Define ‘ user studies’. Discuss the different methods that can be employed to conduct
user studies. .
4.1 What are the sources of multicollinearity in regression analysis? Explain methods of
detection and correction of multicollinearity. measures of rating obsolescence?
OR
4.2 Explain the measures of central tendency with examples.
5.0 Write short notes on any two of the following:
a) Zipf’s Law
b) Binomial Distribution
c) Kolmogorov- Smirov Test
d) Testing of a Questionnaire
