Criterion, or its plural form criteria, may refer to:

General

Criterion, Oregon Criterion is an historic unincorporated community in Wasco County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It lies along U.S. Route 197 between Maupin and Madras. Nearby is Criterion Summit, which at about above sea level is the highest point along the ...

, a historic unincorporated community in the United States *

Criterion Place Criterion Place was a proposed skyscraper development in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. In July 2008 it was announced that the project is to be cancelled owing to the property market slump. Background The site, which is surrounded by Neville ...

, a proposed skyscraper in West Yorkshire, England *

Criterion Restaurant The Criterion Restaurant is an opulent restaurant complex facing Piccadilly Circus in the heart of London. It was built by architect Thomas Verity in '' Neo-Byzantine'' style for the partnership Spiers and Pond, which opened it in 1873. Apar ...

, in London, England * Criterion Stakes, a horse race in Newmarket, England *

Criterion Summit Criterion Summit, elevation about above sea level, is a mountain pass in the U.S. state of Oregon that is traversed by U.S. Route 197. It lies south of Maupin, approximately north of the intersection of Route 197 with U.S. Route 97. A sign and ...

, a mountain pass in Oregon, United States *

Criterion Wind Project The Criterion Wind Project is a wind farm located on Backbone Mountain east of Oakland, Maryland, United States. The project has a rated capacity of 70 MW and uses 28 Liberty Wind Turbines manufactured by Clipper Windpower. Each of the wind turbin ...

, a wind farm in Maryland, United States

Science and mathematics

Criteria air contaminants The U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS, pronounced ) are limits on atmospheric concentration of six pollutants that cause smog, acid rain, and other health hazards. Established by the United States Environmental Protection Agenc ...

, air pollutants that cause smog, acid rain, and other health hazards *

Criterion validity In psychometrics, criterion validity, or criterion-related validity, is the extent to which an operationalization of a construct, such as a test, relates to, or predicts, a theoretical representation of the construct—the criterion. Criterion valid ...

, in psychometrics, a measure of how well one variable or set of variables predicts an outcome *

Criterion-referenced test A criterion-referenced test is a style of test which uses test scores to generate a statement about the behavior that can be expected of a person with that score. Most tests and quizzes that are written by school teachers can be considered criteri ...

, translates a test score into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person * Eisenstein's criterion, in mathematics, gives sufficient conditions for a polynomial to be irreducible over the rational numbers *

Euler's criterion In number theory, Euler's criterion is a formula for determining whether an integer is a quadratic residue modulo a prime. Precisely, Let ''p'' be an odd prime and ''a'' be an integer coprime to ''p''. Then : a^ \equiv \begin \;\;\,1\pmod& \text ...

, in number theory concerning primes *

Problem of the criterion In the field of epistemology, the problem of the criterion is an issue regarding the starting point of knowledge. This is a separate and more fundamental issue than the regress argument found in discussions on justification of knowledge. In We ...

, in epistemology, an issue regarding the starting point of knowledge *

Weyl's criterion In mathematics, a sequence (''s''1, ''s''2, ''s''3, ...) of real numbers is said to be equidistributed, or uniformly distributed, if the proportion of terms falling in a subinterval is proportional to the length of that subinterval. Such sequences ...

, used in mathematics in the theory of diophantine approximation

Publishing

* ''Criterion'' (journal), the first philosophy journal in Catalan, published from 1925 to 1969 *''

The Criterion ''The Criterion'' was a British literary magazine published from October 1922 to January 1939. ''The Criterion'' (or the ''Criterion'') was, for most of its run, a quarterly journal, although for a period in 1927–28 it was published monthly. It ...

'', a British literary magazine published from 1922 to 1939 * ''The Criterion'' (American magazine), a New York-based literary magazine published from 1896 to 1905 *''

Jewish Criterion The Jewish Criterion (OCLC 2262915) whose editors included J. Leonard Levy (rabbi of Rodef Shalom) and Charles H. Joseph, was one of two weekly papers for Jews in Pittsburgh. It was published 1895-1962, with the initial editor being M. K. Susman. ...

'', a weekly newspaper in Pittsburgh, United States *'' The New Criterion'', a New York-based monthly literary magazine founded in 1982

Entertainment

Criteria (band) Criteria is an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, formed in 2003 when ex-Cursive founding member Steve Pedersen returned to his hometown after graduating from the Duke University School of Law. He spent six months in a friend's basement wher ...

, an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska *

Criteria Studios Criteria Studios is a recording studio in North Miami, Florida, founded in 1958 by musician Mack Emerman. Hundreds of gold, platinum, and diamond singles and albums have been recorded, mixed or mastered at Criteria, for many notable artists and ...

, recording studio in Miami, Florida * The Criterion Collection, a company that produces collector's edition DVDs and Blu-ray discs * Criterion Games, a video game developer in Guildford, England

Companies

* Criteria CaixaCorp, an investment holding company. * Criterion Capital Partners, a global company which runs the social network Bebo

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