A student takes a beginning golfing class and is asked to conduct a search on ways to improve his stroke. The student, however, wants to avoid results that explain the causes of the medical condition known as a stroke. Which Boolean search would return the most useful results?

A. Using OR between two key words: golf OR stroke B. Using AND between the search terms: golf AND stroke C. Using quotation marks around the single word "stroke" D. Using NOT before a keyword: golf NOT stroke

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Fletcher Gillespie

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22 September, 18:22

A student takes a beginning golfing class and is asked to conduct a search on ways to improve his stroke. The student, however, wants to avoid results that explain the causes of the medical condition known as a stroke. Which Boolean search would return the most useful results?

A. Using OR between two key words: golf OR stroke B. Using AND between the search terms: golf AND stroke C. Using quotation marks around the single word "stroke" D. Using NOT before a keyword: golf NOT stroke

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Mark West · Answer 1

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B. Using AND between the search terms: golf AND stroke

If he used OR then either of the two would show up, including medical stroke. If he used quotation marks it would show things that have that exact word unchanged, which would include medical, and using NOT in such a way would only show golf without mentioning strokes at all.