What Can Searching Behavior Tell Us About the Difficulty of Information Tasks? A Study of Web Navigation

• Published in: Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 1 - 22
• Main Authors: Gwizdka, Jacek, Spence, Ian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 2006

Task has been recognized as an influential factor in information seeking behavior. An increasing number of studies are concentrating on the specific characteristics of the task as independent variables to explain associated information‐seeking activities. This paper examines the relationships betwee...