Criterion

A standard against which a judgement is made, for example, about an evaluation or classification – a condition which must be present in order to decide upon something; an independent external measure against which a test can be validated.

Criterion measure

A criterion measure is the particular method of measuring such a standard in experimental research so, for example, if the criterion is academic performance, one criterion measure is grade-point average.

(see also: test, testability, science, null hypothesis, operational definition, critical thinking, theory [scientific], falsifiability)

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