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  • Cognitive Science
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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  • Humans effectively assess information relevance despite vast data volumes.
  • Existing research identifies relevance dimensions (e.g., topicality, novelty) but lacks understanding of their interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how humans perceive and judge document relevance, focusing on the interaction between two dimensions.
  • To explore if quantum decision models can explain observed order effects in relevance judgments.

Main Methods:

  • A crowdsourced study involving human subjects judging relevance of document snippets from internet search results.
  • Controlled judgment order and applied quantitative q-test for order effects.
  • Investigated potential explanations using a quantum decision model based on incompatible perspectives.

Main Results:

  • Evidence of order effects in relevance judgments was observed.
  • The q-test indicated that a quantum decision model, incorporating incompatible perspectives, could explain these order effects.
  • Findings suggest that decision perspectives can be incompatible when judging interacting relevance dimensions.

Conclusions:

  • Human relevance judgments involve complex interactions between dimensions.
  • Quantum decision theory offers a potential framework for understanding these interactions, particularly when perspectives are incompatible.
  • Further research is needed to fully elucidate the role of quantum principles in human information relevance assessment.