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Criterion may refer to:

Criterion, general meaning

In science and mathematics:

• Criterion validity, in psychometrics, a measure of how well one variable or set of variables predicts an outcome
• Criterion-referenced test, 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 concerning primes
• Problem of the criterion, in epistemology, an issue regarding the starting point of knowledge
• Weyl's criterion, used in mathematics in the theory of diophantine approximation

In modern culture:

• Criteria (band), indie band
• The Criterion Collection, a company that produces collector's edition DVDs and Blu-ray discs
• Criterion Games, a game technology company in Guildford, England
• The Criterion (magazine), a British literary magazine published from 1922 to 1939
• The New Criterion, a New York-based monthly literary magazine founded in 1982

In Education:

• Criterion Online Writing Evaluation Service, an web-based educational software by ETS designed for writing in English, which employs E-rator - the computerized writing analyzer used in scoring SAT essays.

[edit] See also

• Information criterion (disambiguation)
• Criterion Theatre (disambiguation)

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