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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Index Language III. 1.a (Controlled terms. Basic terms.
Exhaustivity of Indexing 3
Search Rule A
Document Relevance i - 4
Number of Documents in Collection 200 (Subset I)
Number of Questions 42 (Subset 2)
Number of Relevant Documents 198
Generality Number 23.6
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Coord- Documents RecaLl Precision Fallout
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Level Rel. Non-tel. a/a+c a/a+b bJb+d
1 174 2,884 87.9% 5.6% 35.170% 42 42 42
2 136 946 68.7% 12.6% 11.534% 42 42 42
3 79 213 39.9% 27.1% 2.597% 31 41 41
4 36 49 18.2% 42.4% 0.597% 20 34 34
5 17 7 8.6% 70.8% 0.085% 6 24 24
6 5 3 2.5% 62.5% 0. 037% 3 13 13
7 2 2 1.0% 50.0% O. 024% 2 8 8
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