Part II. The Research Questions

ISNAG originally designed the study to investigate the following research questions. These questions would be answered by analyzing the data and correlating responses to one question with responses to another question:

1. Does class rank have any possible correlation to the level of importance music majors attach to certain kinds of music-related information resources, services, facilities or equipment?

2. What is the relationship between a user's characteristics, and the relative importance he or she places on resources, services, facilities or equipment?

A. Does subject specialization within the field of music (e.g. music education, history, performance, theory, composition, conducting, etc.) have any correlation to level of importance?

B. Do individuals with visually-oriented specializations (e.g., conducting, opera, musical theater) attach the greatest level of importance to visual resources such as videorecordings?

C. Do respondents with an analytical focus (e.g., theory or composition) or a performance focus place the greatest level of importance on scores and recordings?

D. Considering education's relationship to the social sciences, particularly psychology, do music education specialists place the greatest emphasis on journals?

E. Because of their concentration on comprehensive historical and descriptive studies, do respondents specializing in musicology or music history and literature place the greatest emphasis on books and monographs?

3. Do non-music majors taking music-related classes devoted primarily to avocational listening experiences attach the greatest level of importance to resources which support aural activities, e.g., compact discs, listening equipment?

4. What possible correlations exist between respondents' suggestions for improvement ("Please describe what would most increase your overall level of satisfaction with the Music Library") and resources which they marked with both the highest level of importance and lowest level of satisfaction?

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