IRS13
Scientific Report No. IRS-13 Information Storage and Retrieval
Evaluation Parameters
chapter
E. M. Keen
Harvard University
Gerard Salton
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SPECIFIC RE[OCRerr]UESTS GENERAL RE[OCRerr]UESTS
Average Rank of: Average Rank of:
First Second Third First Second Third
Relevant Relevant Relevant Relevant [OCRerr] Relevant Relevant
11.1 [OCRerr] 8.2 95.3
Cran-1 Abstract, Stem Dictionary
Comparison of Specific and General Requests Using the Average
Rank Position of the First, Second, and Last Ranked Relevant
Documents.
Fig. 32.
NUMBER OF RE[OCRerr]UESTS
[OCRerr] WITH RANK OF FIRST RELEVANT =
SETS 1-2 3-10 >10
SPECIFIC 10 8 3
GENERAL l[OCRerr] 14 3
Cran-l, Anstract, Stem Dictionary
Comparison of Specific and General Requests Showing the
Numbers of Requests that Rank the First Ranked Relevant
Document in Three Ranges.
Fig. 33.