CRANV2
Aslib Cranfield Research Project: Factors Determining the Performance of Indexing Systems: Volume 2
Main test results
chapter
Cyril Cleverdon
Michael Keen
Cranfield
An investigation supported by a grant to Aslib by the National Science Foundation.
Use, reproduction, or publication, in whole or in part, is permitted for any purpose of the United States Government.
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Section 2 Recall Devices
The tests made on different recall devices on the single
term index languages are based on the 42 questions, {subset 2),
searched on the 200 document collection. Tables 4.200T to
4.206T give the performance results, and the recall]precision
plots given in Figs. 4.200P to 4.206P show the curve for the
particular language being tested, together with the curve, (shown by a
broken line) obtained by the device-less search in natural language,
which was presented in the previous section as Fig. 4.140P.
A combined plot of all the seven devices or their aggregates,
together with natural language, is given in Fig. 4.207P.
In presenting these results, all other possible variables
of search rules, indexing exhaustivity and document relevance are
held constant, and are fixed to the one particular variation indicated
at the head of the tables.
LIST OF FIGURES
4. 200TP
4.201TP
4. 202TP
4. 203TP
4. 204TP
4. 205TP
4. 206TP
4.207P
Index No. of Question Document
Language Questions Subset Collection
Plot s
1.2.a 42 2 200 Plot + 4.140T
1.3.a 42 2 200 " " "
1.5.a 42 2 200 " " "
1.6.a 42 2 200 " " "
1.7.a 42 2 200 " " "
1.8.a 42 2 200 " " "
1.9.a 42 2 200 Plot + 4.140T
I.l.a 42 2 200 Plot 4.140T,
i.2.a 4. 200T,
1.3.a 4.201T,
7.5,a 4. 202T,
1.6.a 4.203T,
I. 7.a 4. 204T,
I. 8.a 4. 205T,
I. 9.a 4. 206T.