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| Berry, Michael W. | 1 |
| Hawk, William B. | 1 |
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| Yang, Yiheng | 1 |
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Wang, Peiling – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Examines cognitive maps on research topics generated by experts and non-experts. Both experts and non-experts modified the given vocabulary by either adding or dropping terms. The dominant configuration for the maps was top-down. Experts tended to use a problem-oriented approach to organize vocabulary while non-experts often applied a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Information Retrieval, Problem Solving
Hawk, William B.; Wang, Peiling – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Examines users' cognitive, affective, and physical behaviors during user-Web interaction to understand better the nature of information retrieval on the Web, the needs of Web users, and the problem-solving strategies Web users employ. Describes and interprets searching behavior and problem-solving patterns within the relevant situational context…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Information Retrieval, Interaction Process Analysis, Man Machine Systems
Wang, Peiling – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
Proposes principles for the design of effective document retrieval (DR) systems incorporating users' cognitive behaviors. Addresses three issues: (1) effective representations for documents to enable users' relevance judgments and decision making; (2) efficient presentations of documents to facilitate users' information processing and decision…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer System Design, Decision Making, Document Delivery
Peer reviewedWang, Peiling; Berry, Michael W.; Yang, Yiheng – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Analyzed user queries submitted to an academic Web site during a four-year period, using a relational database, to examine users' query behavior, to identify problems they encounter, and to develop techniques for optimizing query analysis and mining. Linguistic analyses focus on query structures, lexicon, and word associations using statistical…
Descriptors: Databases, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Linguistics
Wang, Peiling; White, Marilyn Domas – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1996
Identifies several aspects of citing behavior (reasons for citing, criteria used in decision making, and metalevel documentation concerns) by directly questioning researchers about decisions to cite or not to cite specific documents. The results reported are preliminary results related to citing behavior derived from a qualitative, longitudinal…
Descriptors: Behavior, Citation Analysis, Citations (References), Decision Making
Peer reviewedWang, Peiling – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1999
Discusses methodological issues in empirical studies of information-related behavior in six specific research areas: information needs and uses; information seeking; relevance judgment; online searching (including online public access catalog, online database, and the Web); human-system interactions; and reference transactions. (Contains 191…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
