Evaluation of an Information Source Illustrated by a Case Study: Effect of Screening for Breast Cancer

Birger Hjørland

doi:10.1002/asi.21606

Evaluation of an Information Source Illustrated by a Case Study: Effect of Screening for Breast Cancer

Birger Hjørland

Institut for Kommunikation

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Abstract

It is argued that to evaluate an information source (e.g., a Wikipedia article), it is necessary to relate the content of that source to an interpretation of the state of knowledge at the research front (which is typically developing dynamically). In the research literature, there is a controversy about the effect of screening programs for breast cancer. This controversy is used to compare the value of Wikipedia with Encyclopedia Britannica and two Danish encyclopedias as information sources. It is argued that this method of examining information sources is preferable to other methods which have been suggested in the literature.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Vol/bind	62
Udgave nummer	10
Sider (fra-til)	1892–1898
Antal sider	7
ISSN	2330-1635
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.21606
Status	Udgivet - okt. 2011

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10.1002/asi.21606

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