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
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. Apart ...
, in London, England
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Criterion Stakes
The Criterion Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres) ...
, 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
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 Agency ...
, 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
''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
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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
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. Susma ...
'', 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)
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 whe ...
, 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
CaixaBank, S.A. (), formerly Criteria CaixaCorp, is a Spanish multinational financial services company. CaixaBank is based in Valencia, with operative offices in Barcelona and Madrid. It is Spain's third-largest lender by market value, after Banc ...
, an investment holding company.
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Criterion Capital Partners
Criterion Capital Partners LLC, also known as simply Criterion, was a private equity fund based in Los Angeles, California. It was best known for being the owner of Bebo, from 2010 to 2013.
History
Christopher Lord co-founded the company in ...
, a global company which runs the social network Bebo
See also
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Information criterion (disambiguation) Information criterion may refer to:
* Information criterion (statistics), a method to select a model in statistics
* Information criteria (information technology), a component of an information technology framework which describes the intent ...
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Criterion Theatre (disambiguation) Criterion Theatre is a West End theatre at Piccadilly Circus, London, England. Other theatres with the name include:
Australia
* Criterion Theatre (Sydney), a demolished theatre in Sydney, Australia
England
*Criterion Theatre (Coventry), a theatr ...
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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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