13 ;;Quote: as a document retrieval system becomes larger, queries require intersecting terms to satisfy the futility point

17 ;;Quote: inquirers will tend to fix an anchor set of terms and add additional ones; since they can't judge the anchor set, they blame the added terms

17+;;Quote: people overestimate the probability of conjunctive events

81 ;;Quote: determine recall by exhaustive search, preidentified relevant documents, random sample in a relevant domain

172 ;;Quote: compare describing someone to meet at an airport gate vs. someone attending a baseball game; like information retrieval

189 ;;Quote: Zipf's law--the product of frequency rank and frequency is a constant in natural language discourse; Zipf provided an explanation

189+;;Quote: Zipf's law--the size of a vocabulary in use is the frequency of its most used word

189 ;;Quote: Zipf's law is from a vocabulary balance between speakers wanting to use the same word for all tasks and listeners wanting different words

189+;;Quote: words are tools to convey meanings in order to achieve objectives

192 ;;Quote: indexers should get feedback from inquirers but usually get feedback from other indexers

193 ;;Quote: can use Zipf's law to determine retrieval system effectiveness; want Zipfian rank:frequency for context and subject description usage

231+;;Quote: want inquirers and indexers to be using search terms in substantially the same way

231 ;;Quote: for most of its history, English was learned without a dictionary; e.g., Shakespeare and Elizabethan society

249 ;;Quote: information retrieval is a process of communication between inquirers and indexers; i.e., a problem of language and meaning, or use