Acceptance Criteria

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What is acceptance criteria? How should it be defined?

It is necessary to define acceptance criteria in order to understand the method of any scientific community. The definition of method suggests that it can consist of different criteria for theory assessment. The question is how acceptance criteria are different from other criteria of theory evaluation. Thus, it is a key concept in current Scientonomy.

In the scientonomic context, this term was first used by Hakob Barseghyan in 2015. The term is currently accepted by Scientonomy community.

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is:

  • Criteria for determining whether a theory is acceptable or unacceptable.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record of the Term

Here is the complete acceptance record of this term (it includes all the instances when the term was accepted as a part of a community's taxonomy):
CommunityAccepted FromAcceptance IndicatorsStill AcceptedAccepted UntilRejection Indicators
Scientonomy1 January 2016This is when the community accepted its first definition of the term, Acceptance Criteria (Barseghyan-2015).Yes

All Definitions

The following definitions of acceptance criteria the term have been suggested:
TheoryFormulationFormulated In
Acceptance Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)Criteria for determining whether a theory is acceptable or unacceptable.2015
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Accepted Definitions

The following definitions of acceptance criteria have been accepted:
CommunityTheoryFormulationAccepted FromAccepted Until
ScientonomyAcceptance Criteria (Barseghyan-2015)Criteria for determining whether a theory is acceptable or unacceptable.1 January 2016

Suggested Modifications

According to our records, there have been no modifications suggesting a definition of acceptance criteria.

Current Definition

In Scientonomy, the accepted definition of the term is Acceptance Criteria (Barseghyan-2015).

Acceptance Criteria (Barseghyan-2015) states: "Criteria for determining whether a theory is acceptable or unacceptable."

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Barseghyan provides a very minimal discussion of acceptance criteria by simply pointing out that these are the criteria that "are supposed to tell us whether a given theory is acceptable or unacceptable".1p. 9

Ontology

Existence

In Scientonomy, it is currently accepted that "There is such a thing as acceptance criteria."

Subtypes

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted subtypes of Acceptance Criteria.

Supertypes

In Scientonomy, there are currently no accepted supertypes of Acceptance Criteria.

Associations

In Scientonomy, the following association of Acceptance Criteria is currently accepted:

Disjointness

In Scientonomy, no classes are currently accepted as disjoint with Acceptance Criteria.

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Dynamics

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Related Topics

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References

  1. ^  Barseghyan, Hakob. (2015) The Laws of Scientific Change. Springer.