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Chapter Three
5 Questions to Decide Whether a Matter
is Appropriate for Predictive Coding
Most predictive coding systems require text. Predictive coding
generally does not work on non-text documents such as
blueprints, CAD drawings, photographs, videos, audio
recordings, and so forth, unless they are converted first to text.
If you have text documents, then there are five questions you
can ask to help you decide whether a matter is appropriate for
predictive coding.
1. Do you want to find as many of the responsive documents
as possible?
2. Do you want to review as few of the non-responsive
documents as possible?
3. Do you want to identify potentially responsive document
as quickly as possible?
4. Do you want to minimize the cost of review?
5. Do you want to reduce the time needed to review
documents?