Challenging Conventional Assumptions of Automated Information Retrieval with Real Users: Boolean Searching and Batch Retrieval Evaluations.

Hersh, William; Turpin, Andrew; Price, Susan; Kraemer, Dale; Olson, Daniel; Chan, Benjamin; Sacherek, Lynetta

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ERIC Number: EJ623622

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2001

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Challenging Conventional Assumptions of Automated Information Retrieval with Real Users: Boolean Searching and Batch Retrieval Evaluations.

Hersh, William; Turpin, Andrew; Price, Susan; Kraemer, Dale; Olson, Daniel; Chan, Benjamin; Sacherek, Lynetta

Information Processing & Management, v37 n3 p383-402 May 2001

Describes research conducted at the TREC (Text Retrieval Conference) interactive track that compared Boolean and natural language searching, showing they achieved comparable results; and assessed the validity of batch-oriented retrieval evaluations, showing that the results from batch evaluations were not comparable to those obtained in experiments with real users. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, Search Strategies, Users (Information), Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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