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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Number of Documents in Collection
Number of Questions 42 (Subset 2)
Number of Relevant Documents 198
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