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. 6.e (Controlled terms.
Exhausttvity of Indexing 3
Search Hule E
Document Relevance 1 - 4
Number of Documents in Collection 200 (Subset 1)
Number of Questions 42 (Subset 2)
Number of Relevant Documents 198
Generality Number 23.6
Narrower, broader and related terms, Coordination
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Coord- Documents Recall Precision Fallout
Ination Retrieved Ratio RaUo Ratio x y z
Level Rel. Non-tel. a/a+c a/a+b b/b+d
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2 137 1,134 69.2% 10.8% 13.820% 41 42 42
3 88 345 44.4% 20.3% 4.206% 38 41 41
4 39 56 19.7% 41.1% 0.683% 24 34 34
5 20 15 10.1% 57.1% 0.183% II 24 24
6 8 2 4.0% 80.0% 0.024% 3 13 13
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8 0 0 0 4 4
9 0 0 0 3 3
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