Table 4 Relationship between optimal term count and optimal number of articles retrieved by a query, cross-tabulated by abstract selection.
4 or 5 Terms | Fewer or more than 4 or 5 Terms | ||
|---|---|---|---|
AS/NQ(%)† | AS/NQ(%)† | NQ† | |
2–161 articles retrieved by query | 161/254(63) | 411/807(51) | 1061 |
1 or more than 161 articles retrieved | 48/113(42) | 248/1080(23) | 1193 |
Total NQ | 367 | 1887 | 2254 |