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Recall is inversely proportional to precision. The more precise you are about defining what you want to look for, the fewer documents are recalled.

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Recall is inversely proportional to precision. The more precise you are about defining what you want to look for, the fewer documents are recalled.

Citation Source: 
Delpi Group 2002

A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology