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MENTAL MODEL · M8363

Recall

Recall
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

The proportion of all relevant items that are actually retrieved.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

psychology

Reduce cognitive load

A metric for retrieval completeness. Complementary to precision, measuring whether something that should have been found was missed.

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Anchor fast decisions

Recall = relevant items retrieved/identified ÷ all relevant items. It measures the ability to not miss, and forms a trade-off with precision (not being wrong): relaxing criteria increases recall but decreases precision. Together they characterize system performance.

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