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Main Authors: Saracevic, Tefko, Kantor, Paul
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1991
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ434752
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Table of Contents:
  • Online Searching: Still an Imprecise Art. Saracevic, Tefko Kantor, Paul Cognitive Style Cognitive Tests Computer System Design Man Machine Systems Online Searching Performance Factors Relevance (Information Retrieval) Search Strategies User Needs (Information) User Satisfaction (Information) Discussion of human/system interactions that are fundamental to online searching focuses on studies that examined online searchers' performance on DIALOG when they searched specific users' questions. Cognitive tests that were given to searchers are described; and calculating the odds for relevance, precision, and recall is explained. (four references) (LRW)