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.
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FIGURE 4. 500T
Index Language I. 1. a (S.T. Natural language.
Exhaustivity of Indexing 3
Search Rule A
Document Relevance 1 - 4
Number of Documents in Collection 1,400
Number of Questions 19 (Subset 4)
Number of Relevant Documents 131
Generality Number 4.9
Coo rdinat ion)
' Coord- Documents RecaLl Precision Fallout
Jnation Retrieved Ratio R atio Ratio x y z
Level Rel. Non-rel. a/a+c a/a-[OCRerr]b b/b+d
i 118 12,700 90.1% 0.9% 47.744% 19 19 19
2 100 4,294 76.3% 2.4% 19 19 19
3 72 55.0% 16.143%
1.426 5.0% 5.360% 19 19 19
4 39 188 29.8% 17.2% 0.710% 15 19 19
5 16 16 13.7% 52.9% 0.060% 8 10 19
6 10 3 7.6% 76.9% 0.011% 2 19 19
7 4 0 3.1% 10O.0% 0.000% 2 19 19
FIGURE 4. 501T
Index Language I. 1 .a (S.T. Natural language.
Exhaustlvity of Indexing 3
Search Rule A
Document Relevance 1 - 4
Number of Documents in Collection 1,400
Number of Questions 17 (Subset 5}
Number of Relevant Documents 109
Generality Number 4.6
Coordination)
Coord- Documents Recall Precision Fallout
ination Retrieved Ratio
Level Ratio Ratio
Rel. Non-rel. a/a+c a/a+b x y z
b/b+d
1 108
2 14,710
105 99.1%
8,030 0.7%
96.3% 61.807% 17 17 17
3 91 1.3%
3,652 83.5% 33.730% 17
2.4% 17 17
15.344% 17 17 17
4 74
5 1,559 67.9% 4.5%
52 818 47.7% 6.550% 17 17 17
6 39 237 7.8%
35.8% 2.609% 17 17
14.1% 17
1.000% 15 17 17
7 22 100
8 13 20.2% 18.0%
22 0.422% 14 17 17
9 11.9%
6 37.1% 10
4 5,5% 0.093% 17 17
60.0% 0.017% 5 17 17
I0 1 0
11 0.9%
0 100.0% 1
0 0.000% 17 17
0 17 17