CRANV2
Aslib Cranfield Research Project: Factors Determining the Performance of Indexing Systems: Volume 2
Supplementary tests and 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 6.4T
Index Language I.l.a
Exhaustivity of Indexing 3
Search Rule A
Document Relevance 1-4
Number of Documents in Collection 1400
Number of Questions 94 Basic Questions
Number of Relevant Documents 737
Generality Figure 5.6
Coord- Documents Recall
inat ion Precision
Retrieved Fallout
Ratio
Level Rel, Non-rel. Ratio
a/a+c Ratio
a/a+b b]b+d
1 694 69037 I
2 604 94.2%
26777 1.0% 51. 946%
82.0%
3 474 2.2%
10425 64.3% 20.148%
4.3% 7. 844%
4 324 3874 44.0%
5 179 1286 7.7% 2. 914%
6 24.3%
92 12.2%
333 12.5% 0. 967%
21.6% 0.251%
7 49 112
8 14 24 L6% 3 o. 8% o. 082%
9 1.9% 36.8%
3 3 0.4% 0. 018%
50.0% o. 002%
FIGURE 6.5T
Index Language I.l.a
Exhaustivity of Indexing 3
Search Rule A
Document Relevance 1-4
Number of Documents in Collection 1400
Number of Questions 127 Supplementary Questions
Number of Relevant Documents 853
Generality Figure 4.7
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Coord- Documents
ination Recall
Retrieved Precision Fallout
Level Ratio
Rel. Non -rel. Ratio
a/a+e Ratio
a/a+b b/b+d
1 816 90085
2 679 95.6%
31345 O. 9% 48.174%
3 79.6%
472 11508 2.i%
55.3% 16.762%
3.9% 6. 154%
4 282 3485
5 135 33.1% 7.5% 1. 864%
1094
6 15.6% lO. 8%
62 366 0.585%
7.3% 14.5% o. 195%
7 25 94
8 2.9% 20.7%
8 19 0.049%
9 0.8%
5 26.8%
2 0.6% o. Ol 0%
71.4% 0.001%
10 1 0 0.1% 1 oo. 0% o. 000%