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Foundation of Library and Information Science

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users use the library more than once a week, with more than three-quarters not satisfied
with the arrangement of reading material on the shelves, and 83 per cent not satisfied with
the collection.
Chi-square Showing Frequency of Library Visits

Table 1: Gender

Table 1 highlights the frequency of visits to the library made by the male and female
respondents. The 327 males (41.03 per cent) and 105 females (32.11 per cent) visit the
library daily, 142 males (17.82 per cent) and 80 females (24.46 per cent) visit Once a week;
259 males (32.5 per cent) and 101 females (30.89 per cent) visit 2 to 3 times a week; 36 males
(4.52 per cent) and 25 females (7.65 per cent) visit once a month; 33 males (4.14 per cent) and
16 females (4.89 per cent) visit the library 2 to 3 times a month. The Table 1 shows that all
the respondents visit the library regularly; however, the frequency differs among the
respondents. The c 2 value of frequency of visits x males and females is 14.62 and the
degrees of freedom (df) are 4. The probability (p) is significant at .005, showing that male
respondents visited more frequently than females.

Table 2: Age

A total of 316 respondents (46.47 per cent) age 25-30 visit the library daily, followed by the
28 respondents (31.46 per cent) age 41-45. Nineteen respondents (46.34 per cent) age 46-50,
and the same number (40.43 per cent) in age 50+ visit the library once a week. Five
respondents (10.64 per cent) age 50+ and 10 (9.52 per cent) respondents age 36-40 visit the
library 2-3 times a month. The c 2 value of age x visit is 86.77 and the degrees of freedom
(df) are 20. The probability (p) is highly significant. It is found that the respondents of age
25-30 visit the library more often than the other groups, which form the major part of the
research scholars in the universities. This factor is further proved by the analysis of the
data in Table 3.

Table 3: Respondent Categories

It is noted that 304 (47.57 per cent) research scholars and 128 (26.39 per cent) teachers visit
the library daily. Even though both research scholars and teachers visit the library, the
frequency of their visits varies. The c 2 value is 69.55; the degrees of freedom (df) are 8 and
the value of probability (p) is highly significant. Research scholars visit the library
significantly more frequently than teachers.
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