Correlation of Term Usage and Term Indexing Frequencies.

Nelson, Michael J.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Correlation of Term Usage and Term Indexing Frequencies.

Nelson, Michael J.

Information Processing and Management, v24 n5 p541-47 1988

Describes a study that collected statistics on the occurrence of terms used in searching an online catalog and investigated the correlation of the selection of terms with their occurrence in indexing. The discussion of the results includes implications for indexing theories. (19 references) (CLB)

Descriptors: Correlation, Indexing, Online Catalogs, Online Searching, Search Strategies, Statistical Distributions, Subject Index Terms

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Language: English

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