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Peer reviewedRorvig, Mark E. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1990
Reports on a test of the applicability of the theory of General Scalability to documents in terms of transitivity, substitutability, and independence. Implications for the construction of test collections in information retrieval research are examined. (24 references) (EAM)
Descriptors: Goodness of Fit, Information Retrieval, Information Theory, Least Squares Statistics
Peer reviewedIngwersen, Peter – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1999
Reviews and discusses critically the development during the last decade of the cognitive approach to information retrieval research and theory. The focus is analytic and empirical research on the complex nature of information need formation and situation, their inherent association with the concept of relevance, and the development of cognitive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Epistemology, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedSugar, William – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1995
Reviews information retrieval (IR) studies since 1986 from the user's perspective. Identifies two main approaches that advocate user-centered design theory: (1) the cognitive approach; and (2) the holistic approach. Also explores other approaches--systems thinking/action research and usability techniques that may have potential for IR research and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Computer System Design, Holistic Approach, Information Retrieval
