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Choosing Precision vs Recall

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You are discussing how to evaluate a binary classification model with a hiring panel. They want to know whether you understand the tradeoff between catching more true positives and avoiding false alarms.

Question

What is the difference between precision and recall, and when would you optimize one over the other?