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In one or two sentences, define what an optimizing metric is.

Question: Based on the source, briefly define an optimizing metric and state which metric served this role in the classifier example.

Sample answer: An optimizing metric is the metric you maximize after satisficing metric criteria have already been set. In the classifier example, accuracy is the optimizing metric, maximized subject to the classifier meeting the running time criteria.

Key points:

  • Optimizing metric is maximized, not just thresholded
  • It is defined after satisficing criteria are set
  • Accuracy is the optimizing metric in the classifier example

Rubric: Full credit mentions that the optimizing metric is maximized after satisficing criteria are set and correctly names accuracy as the example. Partial credit for a vague or incomplete definition.

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Updated 2026-07-09

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