Better or unclear
Precision is the ratio of true positives to positives: how many hits are correct? Yield is the ratio of true positives to the total number of true positives and false negatives: how many hits that should have been found were actually found. This two-dimensional perspective does not allow for any clear-cut estimation.
Challenges
If name matching Method A results in lower yield and precision values than Method B, then A is a poorer method than B. If, however, Method C results in higher yield values but lower precision values than B, what matters is whether yield or precision is more important. In this case, C is different when compared to B, but not fundamentally better or worse.
