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XLV. The purposes and functions of criteria
Author(s) -
Feinstein Alvan R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt1978244479
Subject(s) - ambiguity , confusion , test (biology) , noun , computer science , word (group theory) , natural language processing , mathematics , arithmetic , psychology , paleontology , geometry , psychoanalysis , biology , programming language
The word criteria and its singular, criterion , are additional entries in the list of terms that create ambiguity or confusion in modem clinical science. According to the definition in a conventional dictionary 85 , a criterion is a ‘standard, rule, or test by which something can be judged’. These three different nouns—the standard, the rule, and the test—refer to three distinct kinds of activity for the work that is done by criteria.