Strategy and accuracy during information search on the Web: Effects of age and complexity of the search questions

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 305-315

  Chevalier, Aline ^a   Dommes, Aurélie ^b   Marquié, Jean Claude ^a  

^a CNRS UPS 846   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Information search activity; Performance; Question complexity; Strategies

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

AGE; INFORMATION SEARCH; PERFORMANCE; QUESTION COMPLEXITY; STRATEGIES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84937548101     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.07.017     Document Type: Article

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