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Information Retrieval Experiment
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Butterworth & Company
Karen Sparck Jones
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351 Index
t)ue[OCRerr]tI[OCRerr])nu.'iIre[OCRerr]. re[OCRerr]pon[OCRerr]e rite. 114
t)ue[OCRerr]t t[OCRerr]ins.
uter.[OCRerr]'t i[OCRerr]iu[OCRerr]. 49
relitton with text. 411
R,'iud[OCRerr])m number simul,'iti[OCRerr]in technique. 191
R,'iudiim retrievil 41
Rinked output. 234
Rinked retrieval, 39
Rinkings,
ev[OCRerr]luation ot'. 311
residuil, 40
Recill, 32.36, 66. III, 113, 1211, 143, 191), 226,
236
,ih[OCRerr]i)lute, 69
,injlv[OCRerr]i[OCRerr] O{ hi ilures, 1111
veriging, 116
edleulation ol', 66, 69.222
pr[OCRerr]iblems, 67
coverage and, 114
([OCRerr]r,'infield 1,2611
(`r inlicid [OCRerr] [OCRerr]73. 276, 2711, 2111). 2112
(ichnition I 9 3 [OCRerr]. 226
c[OCRerr] In itirin [OCRerr]4l
esh iu[OCRerr]ti\ v [OCRerr]34
cx1[OCRerr]&[OCRerr]t[OCRerr]d [OCRerr]4
\ p[OCRerr] t imvnt il en\ i run ment, 1 20
[OCRerr]NiARi. 315 [OCRerr][OCRerr]t) [OCRerr]
unitS. 4(1
iic'i[OCRerr]uremeiit [OCRerr]il. 32
{el,itiiin to precision. 67, 224. 263
el.iti\ C [OCRerr]proporttiin.il ), 69, II?. 223. 234
re[OCRerr]ults, 242
vc[OCRerr]ult[OCRerr]. 242
ii[OCRerr]itivitV [OCRerr])f. I 55
u[OCRerr][OCRerr]i [OCRerr] rvqutr[OCRerr]ment[OCRerr], 112
kc[OCRerr].iIl preci\Ion gr.'iphs. 117, 191). 24(1
c,il[OCRerr]ul iting vur\ Cs. 1111
k[OCRerr]e,il1 r itio III 117
in vs ilu ition 121
l..mit itioti[OCRerr] II
Reerv[OCRerr]sion levhniques. 95
Re1.iti[OCRerr]inship[OCRerr] tvvhniques. 911
iiin[OCRerr]h I sploring. 97
1t[OCRerr]les invv 4 I 7, [OCRerr]6 4,5, 47. 59, 21
7, 4. 222.257
I [OCRerr] lts[OCRerr]P1 ( 91)
it [OCRerr]M \R I [OCRerr]l9, 2:..
[OCRerr] ilv[OCRerr] it 67
ii i[OCRerr]ini I I 97
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Relevance ((`ont.)
logical, 47
meaning aboutness, 299
meaning pertinent, 299
ohjective and subjective concept, 32
probability of, 169, 1117
ranked, 67
recognition of, 1111
relation to usefulness, 36
situational, 47
subject competence and, 75
three-value, 67
understanding of, 169
weights, 67, 243
Relevance feedback, 29, 157, 165, 170, [OCRerr]31
237, 241, 242, 321
effectiveness of, 40
Reliability of tests, 153
Requester see User
Residual ranking, 40
Response rates, 114
Response time, 111, 114
evaluation, 117
Results,
presentation of, 100
Retrieval,
archetypal test see Archetypal retrieval test
definition, 9
fundamental issues, 44
limits to, 41)
random, 41
ranked, 39
retrospective, 10
set, 39
theory and experiment in, 201
Retrieval effectiveness see Effectiveness
Retrospective retrieval, 10
Rules, 143
Sampling, 13
adequacy, 25
size, 25
statistics, 29
Satisfaction, 201
concept of, 411,55
definition of, 129
level of, 11)6
Scope, definition of, 115
Sf)l, 99
SDI profiles, search strategy variations in see
u[i'o INSPEC experiment, 2115[OCRerr]315
Searchers,
behaviour of, 237
communication with indexers, 123
individual performance, 151
interaction with user, 66
recruitment of, 146
Searches,
control of strategy, 125
diagnosis techniques, 152
logic tests 7311