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An Empirical Investigation Of Collaborative Web Search Tool On Novice's Query Behavior, Mareh Fakhir Al-Sammarraie
An Empirical Investigation Of Collaborative Web Search Tool On Novice's Query Behavior, Mareh Fakhir Al-Sammarraie
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
In the past decade, research efforts dedicated to studying the process of collaborative web search have been on the rise. Yet, a limited number of studies have examined the impact of collaborative information search processes on novices’ query behaviors. Studying and analyzing factors that influence web search behaviors, specifically users’ patterns of queries when using collaborative search systems can help with making query suggestions for group users. Improvements in user query behaviors and system query suggestions help in reducing search time and increasing query success rates for novices.
This thesis investigates the influence of collaboration between experts and novices as …