Collaborative Relevance Judgment: A Group Consensus Method for Evaluating User Search Performance.

Zhang, Xiangmin

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ERIC Number: EJ643524

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2002

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Collaborative Relevance Judgment: A Group Consensus Method for Evaluating User Search Performance.

Zhang, Xiangmin

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, v53 n3 p220-31 Feb 1, 2002

Discusses relevance judgments in information retrieval; considers the collaborative nature of information retrieval in a group, organization, or societal context; and proposes a method that measures relevance based on group/peer consensus. Reports results of an experiment using this method to compare the search performance of different types of users. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Group Dynamics, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Mathematical Formulas, Measurement Techniques, Relevance (Information Retrieval)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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