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ASLIB Cranfield Research Project: Factors Determining the Performance of Indexing Systems: VOLUME 1. Design, Part 1. Text
Test Design
chapter
Cyril Cleverdon
Jack Mills
Michael Keen
Cranfield
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A. Terms/Hits
a. Total Search Terms
B. Most Heavily Posted Terms:
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b. Maximum Hits Possible *^06
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C. Type of Logical Equation Specified:
a.. Loose. High output. Irrelevant material expected.
b. Moderately loose. Some irrelevant material.
X c. Moderately tight. Very little irrelevant material.
___d. Tight. No irrelevant material expected.
___ e. Analog. Analog measure: _____
0. Initial Search Results:
E. Auxiliary Search Results:
a. Hits (T«) 10
b. Accepted Hits (A') 10
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b. Accepted Hits After Editing
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c. Acceptance Ratio, A/T x 100 ° 'JH..S %
F« Reject Analysis:
a. Rejects on Initial Search
b. Rejects Attributed to Type of Equation, i.e.,
out-of-scope or marginal upon examination
c. Rejects Attributed to "Noise", "False Drops", etc.
d. Other Rejects, e.g., Indexing Errors
e. Total Rejects Considered
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G, Miss Analysis:
a. Misses detected, overall
b. How were misses detected?
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new terms, delete and transfer suggestions, indexing errors, etc.):
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