Why textual search interfaces fail: a study of cognitive skills needed to construct successful queries

Berget, Gerd; Sandnes, Frode Eika

dc.contributor.author	Berget, Gerd
dc.contributor.author	Sandnes, Frode Eika
dc.date.accessioned	2019-03-18T09:32:09Z
dc.date.accessioned	2019-03-21T14:05:03Z
dc.date.available	2019-03-18T09:32:09Z
dc.date.available	2019-03-21T14:05:03Z
dc.date.issued	2019-03
dc.identifier.citation	Berget G, Sandnes FE. Why textual search interfaces fail: a study of cognitive skills needed to construct successful queries. Information research. 2019;24(1)	en
dc.identifier.issn	1368-1613
dc.identifier.issn	1368-1613
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10642/6859
dc.description.abstract	Introduction. It has been suggested that cognitive characteristics may affect search. This study investigated how decoding abilities, short-term memory capacity and rapid automatised naming skills relate to query formulation. Method. A total of twenty dyslexic participants and twenty non-dyslexic controls completed four standardised cognitive tests and solved ten search tasks in a Norwegian library catalogue. Analysis. The relationships between search patterns and cognitive profiles were explored using correlation analysis. Results. Results show that decoding skills relate to query lengths and spelling errors, short-term memory relates to the number of iteration cycles, and rapid automatised naming relates to query times. Conclusion. Search interfaces should be robust to errors in short queries to accommodate users with reduced cognitive function.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Borås	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Information research;Vol. 24 No. 1, March, 2019
dc.relation.uri	http://www.informationr.net/ir/24-1/paper812.html
dc.rights	Information Research is a free electronic journal: our aim is to encourage the free exchange of the results of scholarly research, for the benefit of the various communities of interest within the information professions. To this end, copyright of papers submitted to the journal are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence. Under this licence, as the top page of the journal notes, the licensors are the authors of each respective article. The terms of the licence are: Attribution. The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work. In return, licensees must give the original author credit. Noncommercial. The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work. In return, licensees may not use the work for commercial purposes, unless they get the licensor's permission. No Derivative Works. The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display and perform only unaltered copies of the work — not derivative works based on it.	en
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.subject	Textual searches	en
dc.subject	Search interfaces	en
dc.subject	Cognitive skills	en
dc.subject	Successful queries	en
dc.title	Why textual search interfaces fail: a study of cognitive skills needed to construct successful queries	en
dc.type	Journal article	en
dc.type	Peer reviewed	en
dc.date.updated	2019-03-18T09:32:09Z
dc.description.version	publishedVersion	en
dc.identifier.doi	http://informationr.net/ir/24-1/paper812.html
dc.identifier.cristin	1685483
dc.source.journal	Information research

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Information Research is a free electronic journal: our aim is to encourage the free exchange of the results of scholarly research, for the benefit of the various communities of interest within the information professions. To this end, copyright of papers submitted to the journal are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence. Under this licence, as the top page of the journal notes, the licensors are the authors of each respective article. The terms of the licence are:
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Med mindre annet er angitt, så er denne innførselen lisensiert som Information Research is a free electronic journal: our aim is to encourage the free exchange of the results of scholarly research, for the benefit of the various communities of interest within the information professions. To this end, copyright of papers submitted to the journal are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence. Under this licence, as the top page of the journal notes, the licensors are the authors of each respective article. The terms of the licence are: Attribution. The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work. In return, licensees must give the original author credit. Noncommercial. The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work. In return, licensees may not use the work for commercial purposes, unless they get the licensor's permission. No Derivative Works. The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display and perform only unaltered copies of the work — not derivative works based on it.