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 Ill. 3.a (Controlled terms. Broader Terms.
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Number of Documents in Collection 200 (Subset 1)
Number of Questions 42 (Subset 2)
Number of Relevant Documents 198
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74.2% 8.5% 19,Z03%
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9.1% 69.2% 0.098%
3.7% 70.0% 0.037%
1.0% 50.0% 0.024%
0.5% 50.0% 0.012%
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