Criterion (: criteria) may refer to:
General
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Criterion, Oregon
Criterion is an historic Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, Wasco County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It lies along U.S. Route 197 between Maupin, Oregon, Maupin and Madras, Oregon, Madras. Near ...
, a historic unincorporated community in the United States
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Criterion Place, a proposed skyscraper in West Yorkshire, England
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Criterion Restaurant, in London, England
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Criterion Stakes, a horse race in Newmarket, England
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Criterion Summit, a mountain pass in Oregon, United States
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Criterion Wind Project, a wind farm in Maryland, United States
Science and mathematics
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Criteria air contaminants, air pollutants that cause smog, acid rain, and other health hazards
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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 theoretically related behaviour or outcome — the criterion. Criterion vali ...
, in psychometrics, a measure of how well one variable or set of variables predicts an outcome
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Criterion-referenced test
A criterion-referenced test is a style of test that 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
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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.
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, in epistemology, an issue regarding the starting point of knowledge
Publishing
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''Criterion'' (journal), the first philosophy journal in Catalan, published from 1925 to 1969
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The Criterion'', a British literary magazine published from 1922 to 1939
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''The Criterion'' (American magazine), a New York–based literary magazine published from 1896 to 1905
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Jewish Criterion'', a weekly newspaper in Pittsburgh, United States
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The New Criterion
''The New Criterion'' is a New York–based monthly literary magazine and journal of artistic and cultural criticism, edited by Roger Kimball (editor and publisher) and James Panero (executive editor). It has sections for criticism of poetry ...
'', a New York–based monthly literary magazine founded in 1982
Entertainment
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Criteria (band), an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska
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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
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The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home video, home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films". A "sister company" of art film, arth ...
, a company that produces collector's edition DVDs and Blu-ray discs
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Criterion Games
Criterion Games is a British video game developer based in Guildford. Founded in January 1996 as a Division (business), division of Criterion Software, it was owned by Canon Inc. until Criterion Software was sold to Electronic Arts in October 2 ...
, a video game developer in Guildford, England
Companies
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Criteria CaixaCorp, an investment holding company.
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Criterion Capital Partners, a global company which runs the social network Bebo
See also
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Information criterion (disambiguation)
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Criterion Theatre (disambiguation)
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Criterium
A criterium, or crit, is a bike race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 400 m to 10,000 m.
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Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time, ...
, bicycle race
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Al-Furqan
Al-Furqan (, ; The Criterion) is the 25th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an, with 77 verses (āyāt). The name Al-Furqan, or "The Criterion", refers to the Qur'an itself as the decisive factor between good and evil. This Surah is named Al-Furqan fr ...
(The Criterion, The Standard) is the 25th sura of the Qur'an
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Kriterion'', a peer-reviewed journal of philosophy
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