The Rates of Assignment of Narrower Terms in the "Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors.".

Diodato, Virgil; Henry, Georgianna

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ERIC Number: EJ464303

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Publication Date: 1993

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The Rates of Assignment of Narrower Terms in the "Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors."

Diodato, Virgil; Henry, Georgianna

Journal of Information Science, v19 n2 p137-41 1993

Describes a study of the "Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors" that examined links between the use of an indexing term and its physical similarity to its narrower terms. Results indicate almost no correlation between how often a term is assigned and how many similar looking narrower terms it has. (six references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Correlation, Indexing, Subject Index Terms, Thesauri

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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