The phrase "a criterion method" is not correct in standard English usage.
The correct term is "a criterion for a method" or "a criterion method" can be rephrased to clarify its meaning.
Example: "The researchers established a criterion for the method to ensure accurate results."
Alternatives: "a standard method" or "a benchmark method."
Our study was designed to test the precision of air displacement plethysmography (ADP) in measuring body fat mass in children at ages 3 to 5 years compared with a criterion method, deuterium oxide dilution (D2O), which estimates total body water and a commonly used methodology, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA).
Consequently, a 7-day dietary record is used as a criterion method, and as such, other nutrition assessment methods are often compared with it [ 6].
To our knowledge only one study examining freshman year changes in body weight and composition has used a criterion method, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), to determine %fat and body composition [ 9].
We compared the Goldberg method, which uses an equation to predict total energy expenditure (TEE), to a criterion method that uses doubly labeled water (DLW), in a study of 451 men and women.
An alternative approach would have been to use a criterion method of body fatness measurement (a 3 or 4 component model) to define overfatness, but the criterion methods are not practical for use in large samples in resource-limited settings.
To treat two objective functions, this study employed a global criterion method as a multi-objective optimization methodology.
However, activity diaries rely upon self-reporting of physical activity in a manner similar to PAQs, and therefore may not represent a suitable criterion method for assessing the validity of a PAQ since the measurement error associated with diaries may be correlated with the error from the PAQ.
In fact, to our knowledge no study has directly measured body composition during the sophomore year using a true criterion method (i.e. DXA), thus other investigators have not substantiated the results seen in this study.
The MID can be used as an estimate for the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) which principally is an anchor-based (on an external criterion) method to assess the smallest effect that patients perceive to be beneficial.
This error is commonly regarded as a criterion for method interchangeability.
For the jury we use a multi-criteria method (figure 4) and a group discussion.
