Cecchetti, Alfred A
(2009)
AN AUTOMATIC METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING MEDICAL RESEARCHERS INTO DOMAIN SPECIFIC SUBGROUPS.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
Objective:This dissertation developed an automatic classification procedure, as an example of a novel tool for an informationist, which extracts information from published abstracts, classifies abstracts into their "fields of study," and then determines the researcher's "field of study" and "level of activity." Method: This dissertation compared a domain expert's method of classification and an automatic classification procedure on a random sample of 101 medical researchers (derived from a potential list of 305 medical researchers) and their associated abstracts. Design: The study design is a retrospective, cross-sectional, inter-rater agreement study, designed to compare two classification methods (i.e., automatic classification procedure and domain expert). The study population consists of University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine (DOM) professionals who (1) have published at least one article listed in PubMed® as first or last author and/or (2) are the primary investigator for at least one grant listed in CRISP.Main outcome measures: Three outcome measures were derived from the domain expert's versus automatic categorization procedure: (1) an abstract's "field of study," (2) a researcher's "field of study" and (3) a researcher's "level of activity and field of study." Results: Kappa showed moderate agreement between automatic and domain expert classification for the abstracts' "field of study" (Kappa = 0.535, n = 504, p < .000). Kappa showed moderate agreement between automatic and domain expert classification of the researcher's "field of study" (Kappa = 0.535, n = 101, p < .000). Kappa showed good agreement between automatic and domain expert classification of the researcher's "level of activity and field of study" (Kappa = 0.634, n = 101, p < .000). Conclusion: The study suggests that an automatic library classification procedure can provide rapid classification of medical research abstracts into their "fields of study." The classification procedure can also process multiple abstracts' "fields of study" and classify their associated medical researchers into their "field of study" and "level of activity and field of study." The classification procedure, used as a tool by an informationist, can be used as the basis for new services.
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| Item Type: |
University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
| Creators/Authors: |
| Creators | Email | Pitt Username | ORCID  |
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| Cecchetti, Alfred A | cecch@pitt.edu | CECCH | |
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| ETD Committee: |
| Title | Member | Email Address | Pitt Username | ORCID |
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| Committee Chair | Detlefsen, Ellen G | | | | | Committee Member | Branch, Robert A | | | | | Committee Member | Koshman, Sherry | | | | | Committee Member | Carbo, Toni | | | |
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| Date: |
7 May 2009 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
20 April 2009 |
| Approval Date: |
7 May 2009 |
| Submission Date: |
30 April 2009 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Information Sciences > Library and Information Science |
| Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Classification; Medical |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-04302009-113137/, etd-04302009-113137 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 19:43 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:43 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/7745 |
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