Value of Search Results As a Whole As the Best Single Measure of Information Retrieval Performance.

Su, Louise T.

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ERIC Number: EJ580146

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Value of Search Results As a Whole As the Best Single Measure of Information Retrieval Performance.

Su, Louise T.

Information Processing & Management, v34 n5 p557-79 Sep 1998

Discusses value of search results as a whole, a measure which asks for a user's rating of the usefulness of a set of search results based on a Likert scale, and suggests that this measure provides a simple way for system comparison and eliminates problems of information-retrieval evaluation with multiple measures. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Information Retrieval, Performance Factors, Rating Scales, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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