Is Relevance an Adequate Criterion for Retrieval System Evaluation: An Empirical Inquiry into the User's Evaluation.

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Main Author: Su, Louise T.
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Language:en
Published: 1993
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contents Is Relevance an Adequate Criterion for Retrieval System Evaluation: An Empirical Inquiry into the User's Evaluation. Su, Louise T. Academic Libraries Content Analysis Evaluation Criteria Higher Education Information Retrieval Literature Reviews Online Searching Online Systems Relevance (Information Retrieval) Tables (Data) User Satisfaction (Information) Discusses the adequacy of relevance as a criterion for evaluating information retrieval system effectiveness and describes an empirical study that investigated academic library users' assessments of retrieval system performance. Results are presented that indicate relevance is not an adequate criterion in light of other success factors mentioned in the study. (Contains 31 references.) (LRW)
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spellingShingle Is Relevance an Adequate Criterion for Retrieval System Evaluation: An Empirical Inquiry into the User's Evaluation.
Su, Louise T.
Academic Libraries
Content Analysis
Evaluation Criteria
Higher Education
Information Retrieval
Literature Reviews
Online Searching
Online Systems
Relevance (Information Retrieval)
Tables (Data)
User Satisfaction (Information)
Is Relevance an Adequate Criterion for Retrieval System Evaluation: An Empirical Inquiry into the User's Evaluation. Su, Louise T. Academic Libraries Content Analysis Evaluation Criteria Higher Education Information Retrieval Literature Reviews Online Searching Online Systems Relevance (Information Retrieval) Tables (Data) User Satisfaction (Information) Discusses the adequacy of relevance as a criterion for evaluating information retrieval system effectiveness and describes an empirical study that investigated academic library users' assessments of retrieval system performance. Results are presented that indicate relevance is not an adequate criterion in light of other success factors mentioned in the study. (Contains 31 references.) (LRW)
title Is Relevance an Adequate Criterion for Retrieval System Evaluation: An Empirical Inquiry into the User's Evaluation.
topic Academic Libraries
Content Analysis
Evaluation Criteria
Higher Education
Information Retrieval
Literature Reviews
Online Searching
Online Systems
Relevance (Information Retrieval)
Tables (Data)
User Satisfaction (Information)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ473012