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CRITERION TEST [19 records]

Record 1 2019-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

In test and evaluation, determine the numeric value of a criterion for a test item by collecting and/or analysing data.

OBS

Evaluating is done by calculating, measuring and/or observing.

OBS

evaluate: designation and definition officially approved by the Air Force Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
DEF

Dans le contexte de l'essai et évaluation, déterminer la valeur numérique d'un critère pour un élément à l'essai par la collecte ou l'analyse de données.

OBS

On évalue par le calcul, la mesure ou l'observation.

OBS

évaluer : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de la Force aérienne et le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Military (General)
DEF

In test and evaluation, the determination of the numeric value of a criterion for a test item by collecting and/or analysing data.

OBS

Evaluation is performed through calculation, measurement and/or observation.

OBS

evaluation: designation and definition offically approved by the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
DEF

Dans le contexte de l'essai et évaluation, détermination de la valeur numérique d'un critère pour un élément à l'essai par la collecte ou l'analyse de données.

OBS

L'évaluation s'effectue par le calcul, la mesure ou l'observation.

OBS

évaluer : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A criterion by which the ability of an element or structure to sustain specified actions during a fire resistance test is assessed.

OBS

load-bearing criterion "R": term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Critère selon lequel est déterminée l'aptitude d'un élément ou d'une structure à supporter des actions spécifiées lors de l'essai de résistance au feu approprié.

OBS

critère «R» stabilité au feu : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Organization Planning
OBS

(...) "The" criterion of efficiency is also referred to in welfare economics as a test for potential Pareto improvements(...)

OBS

for "efficiency criterion" : The theoretical basis of the efficiency criterion is derived from economic price theory and states rather simply that the most efficient position for an organization is that where the value of its marginal products equals the marginal costs in all cases.

Key term(s)
  • efficiency criteria

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Planification d'organisation
OBS

En caractérisant les états à partir desquels il est possible d'améliorer la situation de certains sans nuire à personne, (...) "le critère de Pareto" juge de l'organisation d'une économie. C'est, en fait, un critère d'efficacité.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Statistical Methods
DEF

The coefficient of correlation between scores on a given test and some external criterion, for example, school grades, ratings of job performance, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Méthodes statistiques
CONT

Le but d'un test est souvent de permettre un pronostic relativement à un critère, un critère de réussite professionnelle par exemple. La valeur du test est alors mesurée par le coefficient de corrélation entre le test et le critère. Ce coefficient s'appelle coefficient de validité.

OBS

«indice de validité» : Les auteurs utilisent «coefficient» et «indice» de façon interchangeable. Il est impossible de déterminer s'ils le sont vraiment.

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

The terms "test" and "criterion" are sometimes used interchangeably in some contexts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Astronautics
CONT

The Acceptance Test Report contains details of the results of tests designed to demonstrate that the product meets the defined acceptance criteria. The Acceptance Test Report should contain : 1. For each acceptance criterion, a description of the test cases(s) used to demonstrate achievement. 2. For each test case, the results of conducting the test, the date on which it was conducted, the person who performed the test, and confirmation of the identity of the configuration items used for the test. 3. If the client/user has been involved in acceptance testing, come certification from the client should be included.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Astronautique
CONT

Vérification de fonctionnement de l'installation. Mise en œuvre de la connectique fibre optique. Certification ou réflectométrie avec rapport de recette.

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation Law
  • Finance
CONT

It is clear that it is not fair to base taxation on any single test of ability to pay. Each criterion has some defect from the point of view of equality. It may, therefore, be concluded that any single test of ability, whether it be the amount of income or of capital or saving or expenditure, or anything else is bound to be defective.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit fiscal
  • Finances

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
CONT

Concurrent validity might be obtained by administering concurrent measures of academic ability and achievement, by determining the relationship between a new test and one generally accepted as valid, or by determining the relationship between scores on a test and a less objective criterion measure.

Key term(s)
  • convergent validity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
DEF

Le degré auquel différentes mesures permettent de prévoir les mêmes facteurs.

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
CONT

Predictive validity refers to the accuracy with which a test is indicative of performance on a future criterion measure, e. g., scores on an academic aptitude test administered in high school to grade-point averages over four years of college.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
CONT

Cette approche permet aux entreprises utilisatrices d'adopter un score critère en fonction des exigences en anglais d'un poste particulier.

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
  • Training of Personnel
DEF

A test, in written or practical form, designed to measure terminal behaviour and thereby discover to what degree the student/trainee demonstrates the criterion behaviour. It can also be given as a pre-test to identify individuals who need the training, and/or a post-test to measure the effectiveness of the program by comparing the pre-test and post-test scores.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
DEF

Épreuve écrite ou pratique destinée à évaluer le comportement final et, ainsi, à découvrir dans quelle mesure l'élève ou le stagiaire se conforme au comportement recherché. Elle peut également servir d'épreuve préliminaire pour déceler ceux qui ont besoin de formation et/ou d'épreuve terminale pour évaluer l'efficacité du programme par comparaison des notes des deux épreuves.

Spanish

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Record 12 1998-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
OBS

In relation to tests or selection tools, the predictor is that which forecasts success on the criterion measure. For example, the score on a typing test supposedly predicts success as a typist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel

Spanish

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Record 13 1998-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

A composite criterion of the usefulness of a test or test item. It includes an index... of how precisely the trait is measured(discriminating fineness),... of the likelihood that the several items of the test will discriminate in the same direction as the trait(probability of the test),... of the general level of the trait at which the test discriminates(discriminating range).

Key term(s)
  • discrimination power

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

Qualité d'un item qui permet de distinguer des sujets qui possèdent certaines caractéristiques données.

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

The relation between test scores and indices of criterion status obtained at approximately the same time.... tests are administered to a group on whom criterion data are already available. Thus the test scores of college students may be compared with their cumulative grade-point average at the time of testing...

OBS

for "concurrent validation" : The expression "concurrent validation" should not be used as a synonym of "concurrent validity" even though some authors tend to do so. "Concurrent validation" is the process used to determine the degree of "concurrent validity" of a test. "Concurrent validity" is a property or quality that a test must have and which is obtained by the process of validation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

Validité de construct établie selon un critère éprouvé.

Spanish

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Record 15 1997-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hearing
CONT

the word-comprehension test... serves as a criterion for establishing permissible noise limits... The analysis of speech sounds and of effects of noise on speech comprehension has therefore given us invaluable information.

CONT

What purpose does acoustic memory serve? Baddeley has suggested that it may have evolved as an aid to speech comprehension. The idea is that short term phonological memory serves as an "articulatory loop" which helps us preserve word order and gives us more time to process continuous streams of speech.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouïe

Spanish

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Record 16 1988-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining of Organic Materials
  • Inventory and Material Management
CONT

The National Energy Board abandoned a long standing surplus test that had been applied to exports. The test required producers to maintain about 20 to 22 years of gas supply for domestic market as a condition for obtaining export permits.

CONT

The essential criterion in the availability of domestic reserves to meet specified levels of Canadian "surplus test".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
OBS

Le terme anglais « test » est pris au sens de critère servant à calculer les excédents de réserves par rapport aux besoins des canadiens.

Spanish

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Record 17 1987-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
CONT

Internal consistency.... Sometimes an adaptation of the contrasted group method is used, extreme groups being selected on the basis of the total test score. The performance of the upper criterion group on each test item is then compared with that of the lower criterion group. Items that fail to show a significantly greater proportion of "passes" in the upper than in the lower criterion group are considered invalid... Another application of the criterion of internal consistency involves the correlation of subtest scores with total score.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
CONT

Consistance interne. La technique de validation est alors la suivante: on constitue deux sous-groupes de sujets, le premier formé des sujets qui ont les notes les meilleures, le second par ceux qui ont les notes les plus basses. En examinant les résultats des deux groupes à chaque item, on retient comme items valides ceux qui présentent une corrélation suffisamment élevée avec la note idéale au test.

OBS

Malheureusement, cette notion ne se retrouve que dans une source française. En anglais, la notion n'apparaît que dans deux sources.

Spanish

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Record 18 1987-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

... the degree to which the actually obtained scores correspond with an independent set of scores (called criterion scores or measures) obtained from the same sample [population]. The criterion scores are supposed to be an approximation to the true scores on the variable being measured.

OBS

Students’ scores on a test of academic aptitude, for example, may be compared with their school grades(a commonly used criterion).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

(...) liaison existant entre les résultats à un test et un critère extérieur, indépendant, et constituant une mesure de ce que le test est censé prédire. Les coefficients de corrélation statistique sont les indices utilisés le plus souvent pour définir le degré de liaison entre les résultats à un test et le critère considéré. (...) Les principaux critères utilisé [sont] (...) la maturation [âge mental;] (...) les résultats scolaires (...); les estimations portées par des supérieurs (...); les corrélations avec un autre test (...); la consistance interne (...)

Spanish

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Record 19 1984-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
CONT

Your careful analysis of the relationship between the objectives and the quiz questions will reveal the criterion nature of the test. It is... designed to... measure... whether the objectives have been met.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

Valeur du test comme instrument de mesure.

Spanish

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