Browsing Management Sciences by Subject "User Study"

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Formulating Complex Queries Using Templates

Zhang, Hao (University of Waterloo, 2009-01-23)

While many users have relatively general information needs, users who are familiar with a certain topic may have more specific or complex information needs. Such users already have some knowledge of a subject and its ...
The Positive and Negative Influence of Search Results on People's Decisions about the Efficacy of Medical Treatments

Pogacar, Frances A.; Ghenai, Amira; Smucker, Mark; Clarke, Charles L. A. (ACM, 2017-10-01)

People regularly use web search engines to investigate the efficacy of medical treatments. Search results can contain documents that present incorrect information that contradicts current established medical understanding ...
A Study of Immediate Requery Behavior in Search

Zhang, Haotian; Abualsaud, Mustafa; Smucker, Mark (Association for Computing Machinery, 2018-03-11)

When search results fail to satisfy users' information needs, users often reformulate their search query in the hopes of receiving better results. In many cases, users immediately requery without clicking on any search ...