An Analysis of Age, Technology Usage, and Cognitive Characteristics Within Information Retrieval Tasks
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This work presents two studies that aim to discover whether age can be used as a suitable metric for distinguishing performance between individuals or if other factors can provide greater insight. Information retrieval tasks are used to test the performance of these factors. First, a study is introduced that examines the effect that fluid intelligence and Internet usage has on individuals. Second, a larger study is reported on that examines a collection of Internet and cognitive factors in order to determine to what extent each of these metrics can account for disorientation in users. This work adds to growing evidence showing that age is not a suitable metric to distinguish between individuals within the field of human-computer interaction. It shows that factors such as previous Internet experience and fluid-based cognitive abilities can be used to gain better insight into users’ reported browsing experience during information retrieval tasks.
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- Authors
- Crabb, M., & Hanson, V. L.
- Affiliations
- Robert Gordon University (GB)
- Rochester Institute of Technology (US)
- Venue
- ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing
- Published
- 2016-04-06
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 1-26
- ISSN
- 1936-7228 (ISSN-L)
- 1936-7236
- OpenAlex
- W2331773634
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 6.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (publishedVersion)
- Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Open Access Institutional Repository at Robert Gordon University (Robert Gordon University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Funders
- RCUK Digital Economy Research Hub (EP/G066019/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information Retrieval and Search Behavior
- Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Usability and User Interface Design
- Keywords
- fluid intelligence, internet use, cognitive ability, user disorientation, browsing experience, individual differences, human-computer interaction
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