Many existing models depict the main stages of the information seeking process, but how do I measure the variations among different groups within a same stage. Eg. All students may follow the same process but there will be a qualitative difference among different students.
For instance in "searching for information" some will be happy with a few related articles which provides a direct answer, but some will go to deep searching which will give them different perspectives. How do I measure this difference across a group? Are there any known tools? Thank you
Dear Dr. Pradeepa Wijetunge, maybe some aspects of my Ph.D. thesis may be interesting for you, in particular some methodological considerations and items of the bibliography. The approach is exploratory and qualitative.
The document is written in Spanish.
http://repositorio.filo.uba.ar/handle/filodigital/2805
I hope it helps.
Best regards
The text is in Researchgate also:
Thesis Procesos de búsqueda de información en entornos digitales: u...
Dear Pedro
Thank you so much for your response. Unfortunately I do not understand Spanish. If you have any abstract or article in English it would be most helpful.
Best Regards
Pradeepa
Perhaps the article "Developing scales for information-seeking behavior,
Timmers, Caroline F; Cees A.W. Glas. Journal of Documentation; Bradford Vol. 66, Iss. 1, (2010): 46-69." of Emerald Publishing would be of help to you. Due to copyright issues I am sorry I am not able to share
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