CRANV2
Aslib Cranfield Research Project: Factors Determining the Performance of Indexing Systems: Volume 2
Main test results
chapter
Cyril Cleverdon
Michael Keen
Cranfield
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FIGURE 4.502T
Index Language 1.6.a (S.T. Synonyms, Quasi-synonyms, Word Forms.
Exhaustivity of Indexing 3
Search Rule A
Document Relevance 1 - 4
Number of Documents in Collection i, 400
Number of Questions 19 (Subset 4)
Number of Relevant Documents 13i
Generality Number 4.9
Coordination)
Coord- Documents Reca]3 Precision Fallout
ination Retrieved Ratio Ratio Ratio x y z
Level Eel. Non-rel. a/a+c a/a+b b]bed
1 128 (-) 96.2% (-) (-) 19 0 19
2 114 9°568 87.0% 1.2% 35.969% 19 19 10
3 98 3,962 74,8% 2.5% 14.895% 19 19 19
4 61 1,142 46.6% 5.1% 4.314% 19 19 19
5 33 192 25.2% 14.7% 0.725% 16 19 19
8 18 30 13.7% 37.5% 0.113% 8 19 19
7 8 1 8. t% 88.9% 0.004% 3 19 19
FIGURE 4. 503T
Index Language 1.6.a (S.T. Synonyms, Quasi-synonyms, Word forms,
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 Ratio Ratio x y z
Level Rel. Non-rel. a/a+c a/a+b b/b+d
1 lO9 (-) lO0.0% (-) (-) 17 0 17
2 108 13,865 99,1% 0.8% 58,256% 17 17 17
3 101 7,264 92.7% 1.4% 30,52!% 17 17 17
4 91 4,124 83.5% 17 17
5 2.2% 17,328% 17
73 2,353 67.0% 3.0% 9.932% 17 17 17
6 54 1,026 49.5% 5.0% 4.331% 17 17 17
7 37 361 34.0% 1.524% 17 17 17
8 9.3%
23 136 21.1% 16 17 17
9 14.5% 0.574%
9 41 8.3% 18.0% 0.173% 10 17 17
10 2 12
11 1.8% 14.3% 0.051% 4 17 17
0 0 0 17 17