Add to ORKGIn this keynote address I reflect on the role of user studies in dictionary research. Starting with a distinction between positivistic and naturalistic general methodological paradigms, I discuss a number of specific methods and techniques, pointing to their respective strengths and weaknesses. I introduce the audience to a related research paradigm which has recently emerged within computer science, namely usability studies. Finally, I single out several key issues having to do with construct validity and operationalization, demonstrating on concrete examples why I see them as topical problems
In the day-to-day work with information retrieval tools, users are faced with systems that are diffi...
Purpose – This paper aims to examine changes in the quality of user research in library and informat...
The methods utilized in the area of research into dictionary use are established research methods in...
In this keynote address I reflect on the role of user studies in dictionary research. Starting with...
It is only recently that dictionary users have become a central consideration in the design of dicti...
It is only recently that dictionary users have become a central consideration in the design of dicti...
To design effective electronic dictionaries, reliable empirical information on how dictionaries are ...
Usability studies are not a central field of research in library and information scienc...
[[abstract]]A user-centered approach is prevailed III all kinds of sectors in this customer-driven c...
In the past two decades, more and more dictionary usage studies have been published, but most of the...
The present paper re-examines the usefulness of questionnaires in dictionary use research, using Gly...
Abstract. This study shows the positive and negative impacts of technology and new advances on the f...
Twenty years after the publication of Patricia Sullivan\u27s Beyond a narrow conception of usabilit...
This paper presents empirical fmdings from two online surveys on the use of online dictionaries, in ...
A review of: Dervin, Brenda and CarrieLynn D. Reinhard. "Researchers and Practitioners Talk About Us...
In the day-to-day work with information retrieval tools, users are faced with systems that are diffi...
Purpose – This paper aims to examine changes in the quality of user research in library and informat...
The methods utilized in the area of research into dictionary use are established research methods in...
In this keynote address I reflect on the role of user studies in dictionary research. Starting with...
It is only recently that dictionary users have become a central consideration in the design of dicti...
It is only recently that dictionary users have become a central consideration in the design of dicti...
To design effective electronic dictionaries, reliable empirical information on how dictionaries are ...
Usability studies are not a central field of research in library and information scienc...
[[abstract]]A user-centered approach is prevailed III all kinds of sectors in this customer-driven c...
In the past two decades, more and more dictionary usage studies have been published, but most of the...
The present paper re-examines the usefulness of questionnaires in dictionary use research, using Gly...
Abstract. This study shows the positive and negative impacts of technology and new advances on the f...
Twenty years after the publication of Patricia Sullivan\u27s Beyond a narrow conception of usabilit...
This paper presents empirical fmdings from two online surveys on the use of online dictionaries, in ...
A review of: Dervin, Brenda and CarrieLynn D. Reinhard. "Researchers and Practitioners Talk About Us...
In the day-to-day work with information retrieval tools, users are faced with systems that are diffi...
Purpose – This paper aims to examine changes in the quality of user research in library and informat...
The methods utilized in the area of research into dictionary use are established research methods in...