Introduction to university life and academic writing

Establish a Checklist of  Criteria

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Establishing criteria is one of  the most important steps of  all.

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What Are Criteria? Criteria are the guidelines that a group agrees to follow 

to reach a solution. For example, your group might agree that any solution 

selected should receive unanimous support from all group members;

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fall within current state and national laws; 

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treat all persons equally; 

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not result in any increase in taxes.

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Establish a Checklist of  Criteria

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Types of  Criteria. First, criteria can be either task or operational. Task 

criteria relate to the actual problem or task being discussed. Operational 

criteria relate to group procedural matters.

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Second, criteria can be divided into “musts” and “wants”

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