•Suppose you had two sets.Set S1 is the result of searching for ‘fear’ (4,055 records)
and set S2 is ‘math or mathematics’ (58,984 records):
•
•?S 1 AND 2
•2030891
•1982852
•S41692001 AND 2
•?
•What has
happened here???
We’ve seen this
mistake before!Look at the huge
resulting set!If there are only
58,984 records on math or mathematics, why is set S4 so doggone large?Using an AND Operator should yield
something smaller than the 4,055 record set for fear.In this case, I’ve asked the computer to
look for the “word” “1” instead of using the set “S1”.The same thing happened with the other set.