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You are viewing ARCHIVED CONTENT released online between 1 April 2010 and 24 August 2018 or content that has been selectively archived and is no longer active. Content in this archive is NOT UPDATED, and links may not function.By Ralph Losey
Please read Part One of this article before reading this second segment.
A review some of the basic concepts and terminology used in this article may be helpful before going further. It is also important to remember that ei-Recall is a method for measuring recall, not attaining recall. There is a fundamental difference. Many of my other articles have discussed search and review methods to achieve recall, but this one does not.
Everyone should know that in legal search analysis False Negatives are documents that were falsely predicted to be irrelevant, that are in fact relevant. They are mistakes. Conversely, documents predicted irrelevant, that are in fact irrelevant, are called True Negatives. Documents predicted relevant that are in fact relevant are called True Positives. Documents predicted relevant that are in fact irrelevant are called False Positives.