29 Sep 2004
CS 5244:
Reference Interviews / Information Seeking
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Question Variability
¡The
question alone does not determine its type
lAspects of the user
¡(adult, child, professor, student under deadline)
lScope of the query
¡(just for fun, winning a bet, for research)
Other ways of classifying questions:
• Known items versus unknown (actual known item correctly
formulated?)
• Data retrieval versus document retrieval (c.f., ready-reference vs. specific search)