Why do users feel search task difficult
Resource type
Authors/contributors
- Liu, Jingjing (Author)
- Kim, Chang Suk (Author)
- Creel, Caitlin (Author)
Title
Why do users feel search task difficult
Abstract
This paper reports on an examination of why information searchers find search tasks difficult and the specific reasons they feel difficult. Data was collected through a controlled laboratory experiment with 32 participants, each working with 4 search tasks. They were asked in questionnaires, both before and after the tasks, for task difficulty ratings and their reasoning for giving those ratings. We developed a coding scheme based on the difficulty reasons users gave, which covered various aspects of task, user, and user-task interaction. This helps us understand search task difficulty, as well as provides a scheme for task difficulty control in experiment task design.
Publication
ASIST '13 Proceedings of the 76th ASIS&T Annual Meeting: Beyond the Cloud: Rethinking Information Boundaries
Date
2013
Volume
50
Issue
1
Pages
1-4
Journal Abbr
Proc. ASIST Ann. Meet.
Citation Key
pop00192
ISSN
15508390 (ISSN)
Language
English
Extra
6 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Citation
Liu, J., Kim, C. S., & Creel, C. (2013). Why do users feel search task difficult. ASIST ’13 Proceedings of the 76th ASIS&T Annual Meeting: Beyond the Cloud: Rethinking Information Boundaries, 50(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1002/meet.14505001125
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