How People Describe Their Music Information Needs: A Grounded Theory Analysis Of Music Queries
David Bainbridge, Sally Jo Cunningham, John Stephen Downie · 2003
How do users of music information retrieval (MIR) systems express their needs? Using a Wizard of Oz approach to system evaluation, combined with a grounded theory analysis of 502 real-world music queries posted to Google Answers, this paper addresses this pivotal question.