Section 4-2 SELECTING A THRESHOLD COMPARISON WEIGHT

The best choice of threshold depends on our ablilty to maximize both weighting recall and weighting precision. Normally if we try to increase recall, the precision is reduced, and if we take steps to increase precision, the recall is reduced.

In the subordinate paragraph we will discuss how to to plot the distribution of comparison weights with an eye to setting the most appropriate threshold. Once this is done the parameters for the matching algorithm will be complete.

4-3.1.Bimodal distribution of comparison weights.