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Peer reviewedMacGregor, Donald; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Reviews two studies that explored people's expectations for success and how it affected searching in information sources. An earlier study, using pencil and paper format, was updated to use a computer-interactive format. A review of the studies in light of confidence assessment provides suggestions for designing computerized database interfaces.…
Descriptors: Expectation, Feedback, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
