How would you differentiate between precision and recall in the field of data analysis? Can you think of any scenarios where one of these metrics may be more relevant than the other?

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Interview question asked to Machine Learning Engineers interviewing at Yelp, Zoom, Digit and others: How would you differentiate between precision and recall in the field of data analysis? Can you think of any scenarios where one of these metrics may be more relevant than the other?.