TY - GEN
T1 - Question temporality
T2 - ACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW'12
AU - Pal, Aditya
AU - Margatan, James
AU - Konstan, Joseph
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In this paper, we introduce the concept of question temporality as a measure of the usefulness of the answers provided on the questions asked in the Question Answering sites (QA). We define question temporality based on when the answers provided on the questions would expire. We use classification methods to show that the question temporality can be assessed automatically. Our regression analysis highlights features that predict temporality of the questions. Our research can be instructive for interface designers to design temporality-aware interfaces and influence selection of questions and answers for display.
AB - In this paper, we introduce the concept of question temporality as a measure of the usefulness of the answers provided on the questions asked in the Question Answering sites (QA). We define question temporality based on when the answers provided on the questions would expire. We use classification methods to show that the question temporality can be assessed automatically. Our regression analysis highlights features that predict temporality of the questions. Our research can be instructive for interface designers to design temporality-aware interfaces and influence selection of questions and answers for display.
KW - machine classification
KW - question answering community
KW - question temporality
KW - social q&a
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U2 - 10.1145/2145204.2145246
DO - 10.1145/2145204.2145246
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84858240435
SN - 9781450310864
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
SP - 257
EP - 260
BT - CSCW'12 - Proceedings of the ACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Y2 - 11 February 2012 through 15 February 2012
ER -