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Based on retrospective measurements or estimates of future performance when using thesaurus terms in document ordering, decisions are made so as to maximize performance.
The strategies were based on using thesaurus terms, free-text terms and broad-based terms.
We evaluated three electronic search strategies: using thesaurus terms; using free-text terms; and using broad-based terms.
We searched 12 electronic databases using thesaurus terms and keywords relating to HPV and vaccination or testing (Appendix 1).
Furthermore, the most successful strategy, using thesaurus terms, only identified 72.9% (191/262) of the total actually relevant records found by all three strategies combined.
This suggests that a combination of searching strategies (using thesaurus terms and free-text terms) is required in order to maximise recall – the number of potentially relevant articles retrieved.
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Copyedit and cleanup the language in the story, using thesauruses and dictionaries.
He said that they enjoy to write for characters such as Burns and Abe Simpson because of their "out-datedness", and because they get to use thesauruses for looking up "old time slang".
(It might be fun to let students come up with their own rating titles — using the thesaurus, of course).
The trick is that the translator, using a thesaurus to enrich his vocabulary, sees no distinction between common, demotic and poetic words.
In this lesson, students will explore the difference between the right word and the almost-right word and consider the advantages and disadvantages of using a thesaurus.
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