norming
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈnɔrmɪŋ/
- Specialized
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normalización
- Fifth-grade students were chosen over students in other grades for several reasons: they closely matched the grade-level students used in the norming of the SRBCSS; all participants were from one school.
- norming sample
- norming data
- race norming
Examples
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The raw score of a group or individual can be compared to that of the norming group at each grade level.
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The norming of the exam results ensured that all students were evaluated on a fair scale.
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Also, the average score for the whole community was consistent with the norming data for graduate students.
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Table 1 lists the measures along with their norming information.
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Teachers who want more precise norming data than that provided in the bottom section of Figure 3 should refer to Table 3.
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Students with mild ID were included in the norming sample.
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Extensive norming of the instrument has occurred, providing evidence of validity and reliability.
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These figures are comparable to, but slightly lower than the American norming data of Handleman and Harris (1984).
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The norming sample included over 500 Hispanic children, minimizing the effects of ethnic background on the score interpretations.
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Training in the scoring of CBM probes was facilitated by using previously administered math probes from a local norming project.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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4.8
Making things follow the same rules so they match
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5.6
Making rules so things are the same
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9.9
To change numbers in science or math calculations so results are not infinite and make sense
Antonyms
How Standardized
Surface Forms
Morphology
norming = norm (transparent) = norm + ing
A regular deverbal nominalization: 'norm' (to adjust to a standard) + -ing yields the process of normalizing data.
Etymology
Norming comes from norm, from Latin norma which meant a carpenter's 'square' or 'rule', and it is the same root as normal. Picture a square used to measure and make things even—so in math and data, norming is the process of making numbers follow the same rule or scale.