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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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| Topic | evaluation |
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| Last reviewed | 2026-06-24 |
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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.