Holy crap, you are such a fucking idiot HERE, I am giving you examples of what a criteria is.
http://fermat.nap.edu/books/0309090849/html/183.html
That is a list of what the criteria would be for selecting projects for NSF.
Intellectual merit
Broader impacts
Importance to science and engineering
Cost-benefit and risk analysis
Readiness to implement and manage
Appropriateness for NSF
Balance across fields and disciplines
Synergy with other large facilities supported by NSF, other agencies, and other nations
Heres another example
http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides...ating_web.html
Thats a list on how you evaluate web resources.
Using this example one could rank website used to academic work. The ranking criterion would be
Purpose
Authority
Objectivity
Appropriateness
Currency
Responsibility
Clarity
Accessibility
Notice on none of the lists is the word "BETTER" since that is not criteria.
The examples you are using are without title or purpose. A more appropriate question would be is "What is being ranked on this list?" If you said egos, then one would ask, BY WHAT CRITERION ARE YOU RANKING THEM.
You really have an utter disregard for defintions. You are basically saying that the defintion is incorrect.
"A standard, rule, or test on which a judgment or decision can be based. ""
THE LIST
IS THE JUDGEMENT You are judging that NPU is 1 , SD is 2, Disso is 3.
The "test, rule, reason is" WHY aka the criterion for your ranking. SO the criteria is the WHY.
You really are a fucking idiot.