Recommendations for reporting web usage studies

Handbook of Research on Web Log Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 181-204

  Hawkey, Kirstie ^a   Kellar, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GOOGLE INC   (United States)

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EID: 70849092393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-974-8.ch010     Document Type: Chapter

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