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What Is Predictive Coding?

An earlier name for technology-assisted review, where a model trained on attorney-coded samples predicts the relevance of the remaining documents.

Legal Tech GlossaryBy The Circle Desk

Why It Matters

You will still see the term in older case law and protocols. Most current platforms use continuous active learning rather than the one-time training approach the term first described.

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Related Terms

TAR (technology-assisted review)
Using machine learning to rank or classify documents for review in eDiscovery, so people review the most likely relevant documents first or not at all.
CAL (continuous active learning)
A form of technology-assisted review, sometimes called TAR 2.0, in which the model keeps learning from every reviewer decision and continually re-ranks the remaining documents.

General information, not legal advice. Part of the Legal Tech Glossary, 173 terms in plain English.