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Answer Relevance — AI Glossary

A RAG evaluation metric measuring how directly and completely a generated answer addresses the original question. One of the four core RAGAS metrics.

Overview

Answer relevance (RAGAS) scores whether the response is on-topic and non-redundant relative to the query. Computed by generating candidate questions from the answer and measuring similarity to the original question. Penalizes responses that are factually grounded but off-topic. One of the four core RAGAS metrics.

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Last reviewed2026-06-24

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What is Answer Relevance?

A RAG evaluation metric measuring how directly and completely a generated answer addresses the original question.

What concepts are related to Answer Relevance?

Closely related concepts include faithfulness, context recall, ragas.