id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-12466 American Library Association, Letters 1972-09-01 3 .pdf application/pdf 1363 66 60 To the Editor: I enjoyed reading Mr. Mcinnis' article (May 1972, p. 190-198) describing his use of regression techniques to investigate de- Letters I 409 terminants of library size; it seems that li- brary science can only profit from the intro- duction of tools that have proven them- selves so valuable for the other social sci- ences. Without commenting on substantive issues, such as the propriety of using a predictive equation based on the nation's finest research li- braries as a norm for college libraries in general, I do wish to clarify one technical point that recurs in Mr. Mcinnis' article and that may be confusing to readers. cache/crl-12466.pdf txt/crl-12466.txt