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NIST ELFT-EFS

Definition

An evaluation of latent-search technologies, including effects of examiner-marked features on automated retrieval accuracy; distinct from an examiner black-box study.

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2009 NAS Report
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Guidance for assessing and reporting the relative support of findings for competing propositions. It is not a single fingerprint statistical model.
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Reference Data
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