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Posted to dev@lucene.apache.org by Rajesh Munavalli <ra...@dessci.com> on 2005/08/10 17:51:44 UTC

Hit Score

I indexed a single document containing only one word. When I search for
the same word I get a hit score of "0.3". Shouldn't I be getting "1.0"?
 
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Re: Hit Score

Posted by Erik Hatcher <er...@ehatchersolutions.com>.

On Aug 10, 2005, at 11:51 AM, Rajesh Munavalli wrote:
> I indexed a single document containing only one word. When I search  
> for
> the same word I get a hit score of "0.3". Shouldn't I be getting  
> "1.0"?

Try out IndexSearcher.explain() to see why.   There are numerous  
factors involved.

     Erik


>
> --
> Rajesh Munavalli
> RajeshM@dessci.com <ma...@dessci.com>
> Voice: 651-223-2884
> Fax   : 651-292-0014
> Design Science, Inc.
>
> "Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad
> judgment"
>
>


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