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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FIGURE 4.910T
Index Language 1.3.a (Single terms. Word forms.
Exhaustivity of Indexing 2
Search Rule A
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
Coordination
Coord- Documents Recall Precision Fallout
ination Retrieved Ratio Ratio Ratio x y z
Level Rel. Non-tel. a/a+c a/a+b b/b+d
1 188 4,037 94.9% 4.4% 49.220% 42 42
2 162 1,867 81.8% 8.0% 22.763% 42
42 42 42
3 128 694 64.6% 15,6% 8.461% 40 42 42
4 87 208 43.9% 29.5% 2.536% 32 41 41
5 47 66 23.7% 41.6% 0.805% 22 39 39
6 30 17 15.2% 63.8% 0.207% 13 33 33
7 11 2 5.6% 94.6% 0,024% 5 27 27
8 3 0 1.5% lOO.O% 0.000% 2 18 18
9 0 0 0 11 11
10 0 0 0 7 7
11 0 0 0 3 3
12 0 0 0 1 1
FIGURE 4.911T
Index Language 1.3.a (Single terms. Word forms.
Exhaustivity of Indexing 1
Search Rule A
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
Coordination)
Coord- Documents Recall Precision Fa[OCRerr]out
ination Retrieved Ratio Ratio Ratio x y z
Level Bel. Non-rel. a/a+c a/a+b b/b+d
1 177 2,626 89.4% 32.017% 42 42 42
2 138 1,101 69.7% 6.3%
11.1% 13.424% 42 42 42
3 103 308 52.0% 25.1% 3.755% 36 42 42
4 6O 8O 30.3% 42.9% 28 41
5 3O 0,975% 41
23 15.2% 56.6% 0.280% 14 39
6 17 39
3 8.6% 85,0% 0,037% 9 33 33
7 7 0 3.5% 1oo.o% 0.000% 3 27
8 1 27
0 o. 5% IOO. 0% o, 000% 1 18
ii 18
9 0 0 0 II
lO 0 0 0 7 7
11 0 0 0 3 3
12 0 0 0 1 1