Measuring the effectiveness of answers in Yahoo! Answers

• Main Authors: Chua, Alton Yeow Kuan, Banerjee, Snehasish
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Audience research; DRNTU::Library and information science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107409; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25460; http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/OIR-10-2014-0232
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the ways in which effectiveness of answers in Yahoo! Answers, one of the largest community question answering sites (CQAs), is related to question types and answerer reputation. Effective answers are defined as those that are detailed, readable,...