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Criterion development is the process of establishing a standard that will be used when assessing a certain activity or outcome. Criterion development involves coming up with a defining measure or characteristic that can be used to identify something else. An example of criterion development is a 360 degree system of feedback or development of performance assessment system.
The development of a criterion is truly critical to any successful measurement. There are several reasons as to why criterion development is important in ensuring successful measurement. A criterion is an elaborate procedure that has been established to assess or analyze the characteristics of a measure. When criterion is set up, it is easy to compare the measurements acquired against the standard criterion. Criterion also enhances accuracy because all measurements will be done in a particular manner using a similar standard measure.
Criterion set up provides a guide to how measurements are taken. Therefore, successful measurements are attained when a criterion is established to act as the basis of the rest of the other measurements. The criterion can be used as a control experiment to ensure that other measurements taken after the criterion are correct. More so, criterion is used provide the researcher with all other possible options he or she can use to arrive at correct and accurate measurements.
Therefore, setting up a criterion is one of the basic principles governing the process of taking successful measurements. Criterion development is important in promoting the credibility of the measurements because it gives the detailed information about how measurements are done, hence; even a different person apart from the researcher can use the criterion and get correct measurements successfully.
