CourseRetrieval-Augmented Generation: The Complete Course · Module 6: Search: Dense, Sparse, and Hybrid · part 45 of 95
Part 45 · Module 6: Search: Dense, Sparse, and Hybrid

Lesson 3: Result sets: how many, whether any, which first

33 min read·13 Oct 2026
Module 6 · Lesson 3 · About 50 minutes · Needs: Lesson 2 of this module (the weighted sum at alpha 0.8), Module 5 Lesson 3 (permission filters) and Module 4 Lesson 4 (recall@k and MRR)

The situation

Grace tried Lesson 2's hybrid search with her staff login on the question that started the project: "how many years is the X300 Pro motor covered for" (q02). First came ticket tkt-30501, where an agent quoted the archived "2 years". The current terms came second.

Similarity cannot fix that: the ticket really is about the question. This lesson decides what happens after fusion. The Hollin data is simulated.

The rest of this course is yours to keep

This course is bought on its own, once, and stays readable afterwards, including the parts added to it later.