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Information Retrieval Evaluation in Practice: A Case Study Approach.
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Smithson, Steve – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Outlines problems involved in information retrieval evaluation and suggests a more user-centered interpretive approach. A longitudinal study that examines evaluation through the information-seeking behavior of 22 case studies of actual users is described; and relevance judgments, effectiveness ratios, and analysis of document failures are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Information Seeking