Appraisal may refer to:
Decision-making
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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
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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
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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
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Economic appraisal, an appraisal based on comparison of monetary equivalents
Property valuation
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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
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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
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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
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Domain appraisal, the act of evaluating the worth of a specific domain name
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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 ...
, the appraisal of archival collections in libraries
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Appraisal value, the value of a company based on a projection of future cash flow
Other uses
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Appraisal (discourse analysis), the ways that writers or speakers express approval or disapproval for things or ideas
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Appraisal theory, a psychological theory of emotion and cognition
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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
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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
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"Appraisals" (''The Office''), a 2002 television episode
See also
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Appraiser
An appraiser (from Latin ''appretiare'', "to value") is a person that develops an opinion of the market value or other value of a product, most notably real estate.
The current definition of "appraiser" according to the Uniform Standards of Profes ...
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Evaluation (disambiguation)
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