Measuring Typographical Errors' Impact on Retrieval in Bibliographic Databases. Export

@article{2658039420070501, abstract = {Typographical errors can block access to records in on-line catalogs; but, when a word contains a typo and is also spelled correctly elsewhere in the same record, access may not be blocked. To quantify the effect of typographical errors in records on information retrieval, we conducted a study to measure the proportion of records that contain a typographical error but that do not also contain a correct spelling of the same word. This article presents the experimental design, results of the study, and a statistical analysis of the results. We find that the average proportion of records that are blocked by the presence of a typo (that is, records in which a correct spelling of the word does not also occur) ranges from 35\% to 99\%, depending upon the frequency of the word being searched and the likelihood of the word being misspelled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]}, author = {Beall, Jeffrey and Kafadar, Karen}, citeulike-article-id = {4069722}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lxh&AN=26580394&loginpage=login.asp&site=ehost-live&scope=site}, journal = {Cataloging \& Classification Quarterly}, keywords = {cataloging, information, library, online, retrieval, science, systems}, number = {3/4}, posted-at = {2009-02-19 08:29:57}, priority = {2}, title = {Measuring Typographical Errors' Impact on Retrieval in Bibliographic Databases.}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lxh&AN=26580394&loginpage=login.asp&site=ehost-live&scope=site}, volume = {44}, year = {20070501} }

TY - JOUR ID - 2658039420070501 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4069722 N2 - Typographical errors can block access to records in on-line catalogs; but, when a word contains a typo and is also spelled correctly elsewhere in the same record, access may not be blocked. To quantify the effect of typographical errors in records on information retrieval, we conducted a study to measure the proportion of records that contain a typographical error but that do not also contain a correct spelling of the same word. This article presents the experimental design, results of the study, and a statistical analysis of the results. We find that the average proportion of records that are blocked by the presence of a typo (that is, records in which a correct spelling of the word does not also occur) ranges from 35% to 99%, depending upon the frequency of the word being searched and the likelihood of the word being misspelled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] IS - 3/4 JF - Cataloging & Classification Quarterly TI - Measuring Typographical Errors' Impact on Retrieval in Bibliographic Databases. VL - 44 KW - cataloging KW - information KW - library KW - online KW - retrieval KW - science KW - systems AU - Beall, Jeffrey AU - Kafadar, Karen PY - 20070501/// UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lxh&AN=26580394&loginpage=login.asp&site=ehost-live&scope=site ER -