criterion — 1. A standard or rule for judging; usually plural (criteria) denoting a set of standards or rules. 2. In psychology, a standard such as school grades against which test scores on intelligence tests or other measured behaviors are validated. 3. A… … Medical dictionary
Avalanche effect — This article is about cryptography; for other meanings, see snowball effect and avalanche (disambiguation) .In cryptography, the avalanche effect refers to a desirable property of cryptographic algorithms, typically block ciphers and… … Wikipedia
Spoiler effect — The spoiler effect describes the effect a minor party candidate with little chance of winning has in a close election, when that candidate s presence in the election draws votes from a major candidate similar to them, thereby causing a candidate… … Wikipedia
Deviance information criterion — The deviance information criterion (DIC) is a hierarchical modeling generalization of the AIC (Akaike information criterion) and BIC (Bayesian information criterion, also known as the Schwarz criterion). It is particularly useful in Bayesian… … Wikipedia
Nyquist ISI criterion — Raised cosine response meets the Nyquist ISI criterion. Consecutive raised cosine impulses demonstrate the zero ISI property between transmitted symbols at the sampling instants. At t=0 the middle pulse is at its maximum and the sum of other… … Wikipedia
Value criterion — In Lincoln Douglas Debate, the value criterion (criterion, VC, or standard) is the means of weighing the value premise. Unlike the value premise, the value criterion is often swayed to either the affirmative or negative side. It can be shortened… … Wikipedia
Independence of clones criterion — In voting systems theory, the independence of clones criterion measures an election method s robustness to strategic nomination. Nicolaus Tideman first formulated the criterion, which states that the addition of a candidate identical to one… … Wikipedia
Akaike information criterion — Akaike s information criterion, developed by Hirotsugu Akaike under the name of an information criterion (AIC) in 1971 and proposed in Akaike (1974), is a measure of the goodness of fit of an estimated statistical model. It is grounded in the… … Wikipedia
Меры критерия (criterion measures) — М. к. или критериальная мера это стандарт, эталон и т. п. В психологии под критерием чаще всего подразумевается стандарт (эталон) для оценивания валидности теста. Иногда термин «критерий» также используют для обозначения переменной, значения к… … Психологическая энциклопедия
Mars effect — A Gauqelin diagram mapping incidence of birth time and latitude to the natal position of Mars relative to the ecliptic of the rotating earth, showing peaks just after its daily rising and culmination in mid heaven (horizon and mid heaven are… … Wikipedia
