assess
Gauge the worth
When you assess someone or something, you make an evaluation for a particular purpose: Research teams are assessing the impact GMOs on nearby natural crops.
Assess is a frequent verb in law, medicine, science, and other fields in which anything is studied in order to make a decision or determination: The radiologist has not had a chance to assess the images yet. The judge was in a good position to assess the implications of the lower court’s decision.
If you’re a boss, it may be your job to assess the people who work for you on a regular basis.
Determine value or quality
- appraiseDetermine value of
- reviewCritical written assessment
- examineStudy with attention
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
audit · inspect · judge · rate · score · grade · benchmark · measure
Informed guess at quantity
- approximateNearly accurate but inexact
- projectPlanned, effortful task
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- calculateDetermine through math
predict · extrapolate · reckon · conjecture · speculate · deduce · infer · anticipate
Express numerically
- metricsStandards for assessment
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- gaugeStandard of measurement
yardstick · benchmark · standardization · precision · accuracy · parameters · indicators · dimensions
Detailed evaluative analysis
- reviewCritical written assessment
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- criticismJudgment of faults
- observationsNoted perceptions
remarks · constructive · performance · strengths · weaknesses · recommendations · improvement · debrief
Official court decision
- decisionSettled course of action
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- opinionSubjective personal belief
adjudication · discernment · discretion · inference · interpretation · impartiality · fairness · bias
Facts for analysis
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
findings · qualitative · quantitative · interpretation · patterns · sampling · regression · inference
Legal or financial obligation
- exposureState of being unprotected
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- threatIndication of potential harm
- hazardSource of potential harm
probability · impact · mitigation · contingency · due diligence · audit · compliance · security
evaluate
Determine value or quality
scrutinize · audit · inspect · judge · rate · score · grade · benchmark · measure · analyze
estimate
Informed guess at quantity
- approximateNearly accurate but inexact
- projectPlanned, effortful task
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
calculate · predict · extrapolate · reckon · conjecture · speculate · deduce · infer · anticipate · hypothesize
quantify
Express numerically
- metricsStandards for assessment
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- scaleMeasure of relative size
gauge · yardstick · benchmark · standardization · precision · accuracy · parameters · indicators · dimensions · specifications
critique
Detailed evaluative analysis
- reviewCritical written assessment
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- criticismJudgment of faults
observations · remarks · constructive · performance · strengths · weaknesses · recommendations · improvement · debrief · report
verdict
Official court decision
- decisionSettled course of action
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- conclusionEnd or deduction
opinion · adjudication · discernment · discretion · inference · interpretation · impartiality · fairness · bias · acumen
data
Facts for analysis
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- statisticsCollected numerical information
methodology · findings · qualitative · quantitative · interpretation · patterns · sampling · regression · inference · validation
liability
Legal or financial obligation
- exposureState of being unprotected
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- threatIndication of potential harm
hazard · probability · impact · mitigation · contingency · due diligence · audit · compliance · security · actuarial
- analysisanalyze, analysis, evaluate, data analysis, examine
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment
- testingtest, unit testing, product testing, examine, check
- editorial actionsedit, revise, proofread, publish, review
- examineexamine, analyze, evaluate, inspect, study
- classroom assessmentMeasuring student learning in-class
- learning assessmentMeasuring student mastery
- credit assessmentEvaluating borrower reliability
- risk assessmentEvaluating likelihood of harm
- cost assessmentEstimating monetary requirements
- damage assessmentMeasuring harm's extent
assessment, assessed, assessing, assessor, assesses, reassessment, assessable, reassessed, reassessing