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ERIC Number: EJ647558
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0024-2519
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Assessing Level of Difficulty in Web Search Questions.
White, Marilyn Domas; Iivonen, Mirja
Library Quarterly, v72 n2 p205-33 Apr 2002
This article focuses on assessing the level of difficulty of search questions for Web searching, looking at variations in judgments by type of questions and the reasons underlying these judgments. Analyzes the decisions and reasoning of 54 experiences Web searchers on 16 search questions of four types, and includes the questionnaire used. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Evaluation Methods, Online Searching, Questionnaires, Search Strategies, World Wide Web
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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