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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Index Language Ill. 6. a
Exhauattvity of Indexing 3
Search Rule A
Document Relevance 1 - 4
Number of Documents in Collection
Number of Questions 42 (Subset 2)
Number of Relevant Documents 198
Generality Number 23.6
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200 (Subset 1)
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Coord- Doeme[OCRerr]ts Recall Precision Fallout
ination Retrieved Ratio Ratio Ratio x y z
Level Re1, Non-re1. a/a+c a/a+b b/b+d
1 196 5,665 99.0% 3.3% 69.085% 42 42 42
2 187 3,483 94.4% 5.1% 42.465% 42 42 42
3 149 1,609 75.3% 8.5% 19.617% 41 41 41
4 72 527 36.4% 12.0% 6.425% 31 34 34
5 38 140 19.2% 21.3% 1.707% 20 24 24
8 13 31 6.6% 29.5% 0.378% 7 13 13
7 4 7 2.0% 36.4% 0.085% 3 8 8
8 2 3 1.0% 40.0% 0.037% 2 4 4
9 2 1 1.0% 66.7% 0.012% 2 3 3
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