Appraisal may refer to:

Decision-making

Appraisal (decision analysis) A decision model in decision theory is the starting point for a Decision making, decision method within a formal (axiomatic) system. Decision models contain at least one action axiom. An action is in the form "IF is true, THEN do ". An action ax ...

, a decision method *

Archival appraisal In archival science and archive administration, appraisal is a process usually conducted by members of the archive, record-holding institution (often professional archivists) in which a body of records is examined to determine its value for that in ...

, process for determining which records need to be kept, and for how long *

Project appraisal Project appraisal is the process of assessing, in a structured way, the case for proceeding with a project or proposal, or the project's viability. It often involves comparing various options, using economic appraisal or some other decision analys ...

, comparing options to deliver an objective *

Economic appraisal Economic appraisal is a type of decision method applied to a project, programme or policy that takes into account a wide range of costs and benefits, denominated in monetary terms or for which a monetary equivalent can be estimated. Economic appra ...

, an appraisal based on comparison of monetary equivalents

Property valuation

Real estate appraisal Real estate appraisal, home appraisal, property valuation or land valuation is the process of assessing the value of real property (usually market value). The appraisal is conducted by a licensed appraiser. Real estate transactions often require ...

, the practice of determining the value of real property *

Business valuation Business valuation is a process and a set of procedures used to estimate the economic value of an owner's interest in a business. Here various valuation techniques are used by financial market participants to determine the price they are willing ...

, the process of determining the value of businesses *

Art valuation Art valuation, an art-specific subset of Valuation (finance), financial valuation, is the process of estimating the market value of Work of art, works of art. As such, it is more of a financial rather than an aesthetics, aesthetic concern, ...

, the process of determining the value of works of art * Domain appraisal, the act of evaluating the worth of a specific domain name *

, the appraisal of archival collections in libraries *

Appraisal value In finance, valuation is the process of determining the value of a (potential) investment, asset, or security. Generally, there are three approaches taken, namely discounted cashflow valuation, relative valuation, and contingent claim valuatio ...

, the value of a company based on a projection of future cash flow

Other uses

Appraisal (discourse analysis) In Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), appraisal refers to the ways that writers or speakers express approval or disapproval for things, people, behaviour or ideas. Language users build relationships with their interlocutors by expressing such p ...

, the ways that writers or speakers express approval or disapproval for things or ideas *

Appraisal theory Appraisal theory is the theory in psychology that emotions are extracted from our evaluations (appraisals or estimates) of events that cause specific reactions in different people. Essentially, our appraisal of a situation causes an emotional, or ...

, a psychological theory of emotion and cognition *

Appraisal Institute The Appraisal Institute (AI), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, is an international association of professional real estate appraisers. It was founded in January 1991 when the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers (AIREA) and the Society ...

, an international association of professional real estate appraisers *

Performance appraisal A performance appraisal, also referred to as a performance review, performance evaluation, (career) development discussion, or employee appraisal, sometimes shortened to "PA", is a periodic and systematic process whereby the job performance of ...

, a method to evaluate employee performance * "Appraisals" (''The Office''), a 2002 television episode

Decision-making

Property valuation

Other uses

See also