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| + | An analysis on the usage distribution of e-books from JSTOR is performed. Users are group into difference user group based on their current status (Master, Undergraduate etc) and are further broken down into the respective years of admission. <br> | ||
| + | From the Mosaic Chart, a total of 678 undergraduates were found to be accessing e-books from JSTOR in from May 2017 to December 2017. Across each admission year, the percentage of DocID purchase were below 15% with bulk of the purchases made from School of Social Sciences. The total price paid for e-book purchases by undergraduates stands at $6,473 with students from AY2017 spending the most, at $1,751. This shows that undergraduates utilized 64.7% of the PDA budget allocated to JSTOR, hence undergraduates should become our main area of concern when proposing recommendations to improve budget allocation.<br> | ||
| + | Looking at other user groups, the following observations were noted;<br><br> | ||
| + | 1. 6 admin staff purchased e-books with a total price paid of $30<br> | ||
| + | 2. 9 faculty staff with a total price paid of $198<br> | ||
| + | 3. 8 PHD personnel purchased e-books with a total price of $73<br> | ||
| + | 4. library staff purchased e-books with a total of $194 <br> | ||
| + | 5. 45 master students purchasing e-books at a total price of $651m with most students coming from the AY2017 batch<br><br> | ||
| + | Interestingly, from the group of Master students, most purchases were made from students from the School of Information System. | ||
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Revision as of 15:24, 14 April 2018
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Treemap
Application of Treemap
The size of the rectangle corresponds to the number of books purchased and the colour intensity corresponds to the dollar amount spend on each genre. From the treemap, it is observed that Sociology and Political Science e-books have consumed a substantial proportion of the PDA funds. A large proportion of funds are being utilized by ‘Undergraduate Students’ followed by ‘Master Students’ across all genres.
Political Science and Sociology, the treemap shows that Sociology books are generally more expensive whereby a 12% increase in book quantity results in close to 50% increase in price spent. User groups were further broken down into their respective schools. From the breakdown, Social Sciences and Law students are seen to have utilized bulk of the resources of PDA programme. In the Sociology genre, there is a small group of students from Accountancy and Economics that also resulted in purchases of these books. A comparison of ‘DocI D’ is performed for these groups against the ‘Book Utilization rate’ data, where more than half of the books purchased belongs to 1 distinct user utilization only.
Mosaic Chart
Application of Mosaic Chart
An analysis on the usage distribution of e-books from JSTOR is performed. Users are group into difference user group based on their current status (Master, Undergraduate etc) and are further broken down into the respective years of admission.
From the Mosaic Chart, a total of 678 undergraduates were found to be accessing e-books from JSTOR in from May 2017 to December 2017. Across each admission year, the percentage of DocID purchase were below 15% with bulk of the purchases made from School of Social Sciences. The total price paid for e-book purchases by undergraduates stands at $6,473 with students from AY2017 spending the most, at $1,751. This shows that undergraduates utilized 64.7% of the PDA budget allocated to JSTOR, hence undergraduates should become our main area of concern when proposing recommendations to improve budget allocation.
Looking at other user groups, the following observations were noted;
1. 6 admin staff purchased e-books with a total price paid of $30
2. 9 faculty staff with a total price paid of $198
3. 8 PHD personnel purchased e-books with a total price of $73
4. library staff purchased e-books with a total of $194
5. 45 master students purchasing e-books at a total price of $651m with most students coming from the AY2017 batch
Interestingly, from the group of Master students, most purchases were made from students from the School of Information System.
Chapter Analysis
Chapter view analysis
Chapter download analysis
E-book utilization
E-book utilization rate
