criterion
Let an agent explain what criteria are and how they are formulated and applied, distinguish kinds such as necessary, sufficient and weighted criteria, relay domain-specific uses in law, medicine, mathematics and assessment, and help draft or check criteria.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Concept What a criterion is.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a criterion, and what kinds exist by logical role? definition
- Is the question about a criterion, a test, a threshold or a metric? boundary
Logic
Necessary and sufficient.
Logic
Logic.
- How do necessary, sufficient and weighted criteria combine in a decision? definition
- Which entry fits necessary and sufficient conditions? action
Draft Drafting criteria.
Write
Writing criteria.
Write
Write.
- How are clear, measurable criteria written for a given purpose? action
- What criteria apply in the case in question? measurement
Check
Checking criteria.
Check
Check.
- How can criteria be checked for completeness, consistency and fairness? action
- Which entry fits assessment design? action
Domains Domain uses.
Law
Legal tests.
Law
Law.
- How do legal tests, balancing tests and standards of review work? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific legal test? action
Medicine
Diagnostic criteria.
Medicine
Medicine.
- How are diagnostic and classification criteria developed and validated? provenance
- Which entry fits diagnostic criteria? action
Theory Theory and mathematics.
Mathematics
Mathematical criteria.
Mathematics
Mathematics.
- What are criteria in mathematics, such as convergence tests and constraint qualifications? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific criterion? action
Philosophy
Philosophy.
Philosophy
Philosophy.
- How do philosophers treat criteria of identity, truth and meaning, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.QLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- legal test, balancing test, standard of review, cut, constraint qualification, real and complex dichotomy, criteria for completion, descriptive page and list page have to be in different items, population criterion, some elements of one set are not in the other, eligibility criteria, standard of proof
What it is Filled
A standard, rule or principle by which something is judged, decided or classified, such as the criteria for admission, for a diagnosis, for a legal test or for mathematical membership; criteria state the conditions a case must meet and can be necessary, sufficient or weighted, and in law they take forms such as balancing tests and standards of review.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain what criteria are and how they are formulated and applied, distinguish kinds such as necessary, sufficient and weighted criteria, relay domain-specific uses in law, medicine, mathematics and assessment, and help draft or check criteria.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Basis for judgement
- Explicit conditions
- Kinds by logical role
- Domain-specific forms
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Apply criteria that discriminate on protected grounds.
- Change criteria after the fact to reach a desired outcome.
- Hide the criteria used to judge a person from that person where law gives a right to know.
- Present proxy criteria as neutral when they track protected traits.
Only with a human decision
- Setting or changing criteria for decisions about people, such as admission or eligibility.
May
- State the criteria used in a decision and where they come from.
- Check that criteria are applied consistently across cases.
Moral aspects Filled
- Criteria decide who is admitted, diagnosed, hired or denied.
- Transparent criteria let people contest unfair decisions.
Who is affected
- People judged by them
- Decision makers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; whoever sets a decision's criteria answers for them.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1207505 - registry parent class
related
- quality - in registry terms
- standard - a basis for judgement
- test - the procedure
- decision making - the activity
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.criterion
- Wikidata: Q1789452 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1789452)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Condition used to judge or classify
- Necessary, sufficient or weighted
- A criterion is the standard; a test is its application; a threshold is a value
- Not a visible object; statements in rules, checklists and standards.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept and kinds
- relay domain-specific uses
- help draft and check criteria
- distinguish from related terms
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Vague or unmeasurable criteria
- Confusing necessary with sufficient
- Hidden or shifting criteria
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- No regulation; criteria are set within each domain such as law, medicine and standards bodies
Context of use required Filled
- Judging, deciding and classifying consistently.
- necessary and sufficient criteria
- weighted and scoring criteria
- legal tests, balancing tests and standards of review
- diagnostic criteria in medicine
- mathematical criteria such as convergence tests and constraint qualifications
- assessment and selection criteria
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1789452: criterion - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia (de): Kriterium - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should legal tests and diagnostic criteria be separate entries?
- How should domain references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific legal and mathematical tests; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1789452/spec.json