Comparisons of four types of lexical indicators of content

An experiment was conducted to determine which of four types of lexical indicators of content could be utilized best by subjects to determine relevant from irrelevant documents and to answer a set of 100 questions. The results indicate that there were no major differences between the groups using co...

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Published in:American Documentation 1961-04, Vol.12 (2), p.126-130
Main Authors: Rath, G. J., Resnick, A., Savage, T. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Experiments
Population
Questionnaires
R&D
Reading
Research & development
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Summary:An experiment was conducted to determine which of four types of lexical indicators of content could be utilized best by subjects to determine relevant from irrelevant documents and to answer a set of 100 questions. The results indicate that there were no major differences between the groups using complete text and s to select relevant documents, but the group utilizing the complete text obtained a significantly higher score on the examination.
ISSN:0096-946X
0002-8231
1936-6108
1097-4571
DOI:10.1002/asi.5090120208