Pairwise evaluation
Comparing two outputs and choosing the better one.
What Pairwise evaluation does not show
It is often easier than absolute scoring but does not show whether either output meets a minimum standard.
Related terms in Measurement and evaluation
How a measurement earns trust: evaluation sets, error rates, calibration, reproducibility, and the biases that make a number look better than it is.
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Questions about Pairwise evaluation
What is Pairwise evaluation?
Comparing two outputs and choosing the better one.
What does Pairwise evaluation not show or guarantee?
It is often easier than absolute scoring but does not show whether either output meets a minimum standard.
Which area of the glossary does Pairwise evaluation belong to?
Measurement and evaluation: How a measurement earns trust: evaluation sets, error rates, calibration, reproducibility, and the biases that make a number look better than it is.
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