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Ford, N.; Eaglestone, B.; Madden, A.; Whittle, M.: Web searching by the "general public" : an individual differences perspective (2009)
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- Abstract
- Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of a number of human individual differences on the web searching of a sample of the general public. Design/methodology/approach - In total, 91 members of the general public performed 195 controlled searches. Search activity and ratings of search difficulty and success were recorded and statistically analysed. The study was exploratory, and sought to establish whether there is a prima facie case for further systematic investigation of the selection and combination of variables studied here. Findings - Results revealed a number of interactions between individual differences, the use of different search strategies, and levels of perceived search difficulty and success. The findings also suggest that the open and closed nature of searches may affect these interactions. A conceptual model of these relationships is presented. Practical implications - Better understanding of factors affecting searching may help one to develop more effective search support, whether in the form of personalised search interfaces and mechanisms, adaptive systems, training or help systems. However, the findings reveal a complexity and variability suggesting that there is little immediate prospect of developing any simple model capable of driving such systems. Originality/value - There are several areas of this research that make it unique: the study's focus on a sample of the general public; its use of search logs linked to personal data; its development of a novel search strategy classifier; its temporal modelling of how searches are transformed over time; and its illumination of four different types of experienced searcher, linked to different search behaviours and outcomes.
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Ford, N.: Towards the evidence-based electronic library (1997)
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- Electronic library and visual information research: Proceedings of the 4th ELVIRA Conference (ELVIRA 4), Electronic Library and Visual Information Research, De Montfort University, Milton Keynes, May 1997. Ed. by C. Davies u. A. Ramsden
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Wood, F.; Ford, N.; Walsh, C.: ¬The effect of postings information on search behaviour (1994)
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Woods, F.; Walsh, C.; Ford, N.: Effects of postings information on user searching behaviour (1994)
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Ford, N.; Lloyd-Williams, M.; Morris, C.: Intelligent adaptive systems for information delivery in the electronic library (1995)
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Ford, N.; Miller, D.; Moss, N.: Web search strategies and human individual differences : cognitive and demographic factors, Internet attitudes, and approaches (2005)
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- Abstract
- The research reported here was an exploratory study that sought to discover the effects of human individual differences an Web search strategy. These differences consisted of (a) study approaches, (b) cognitive and demographic features, and (c) perceptions of and preferred approaches to Web-based information seeking. Sixtyeight master's students used AItaVista to search for information an three assigned search topics graded in terms of complexity. Five hundred seven search queries were factor analyzed to identify relationships between the individual difference variables and Boolean and best-match search strategies. A number of consistent patterns of relationship were found. As task complexity increased, a number of strategic shifts were also observed an the part of searchers possessing particular combinations of characteristics. A second article (published in this issue of JASIST; Ford, Miller, & Moss, 2005) presents a combined analyses of the data including a series of regression analyses.
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Ford, N.; Wood, F.; Walsh, C.: Cognitive styles and searching (1994)
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Li, X.; Cox, A.; Ford, N.; Creaser, C.; Fry, J.; Willett, P.: Knowledge construction by users : a content analysis framework and a knowledge construction process model for virtual product user communities (2017)
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Ford, N.: New cognitive directions (2005)
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- Source
- New directions in cognitive information retrieval. Eds.: A. Spink, C. Cole
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Ford, N.: ¬The growth of understanding in information science : towards a developmental model (1999)
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- Date
- 17. 1.2000 13:16:22
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Ford, N.: Introduction to information behaviour (2015)
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- 22. 1.2017 16:45:48
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Wood, F.; Ford, N.; Miller, D.; Sobczyk, G.; Duffin, R.: Information skills, searching behaviour and cognitive styles for student-centred learning : a computer-assisted learning approach (1996)
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- Source
- Journal of information science. 22(1996) no.2, S.79-92
