The unit of analysis and the validity of web log data

Handbook of Research on Web Log Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 165-180

  Yun, Gi Woong ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879658034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-974-8.ch009     Document Type: Chapter

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