normingn.
/ˈnɔːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɔrmɪŋ/ 1. Mathematics and Economics. The action of norm v. 1, 2; a function used for this.
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1925 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 27 261 It is essential for use in the later development that this norming and orthogonalizing shall be with respect to the tangent direction x′ as is indicated by the notation.
1961 Econometrica 29 639 We use the norming (3.2) to pass the limit AD → 0.
1967 L. Rédei Algebra I. iv. 307 In different rings norming is carried out in different ways.
1986 Econ. Jrnl. 96 1124 Factor norming does not simply invert the price-cost equations.
1995 Econometrica 63 1105 [This] accounts for the different value of the norming constant μ*.
2. The setting of norms or quotas; spec. the scoring or setting of tests by reference to results previously achieved by a chosen sample of subjects (cf. norm v. 3). Cf. race norming n. at race n.6 Compounds 2.
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1963 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 32 174/1 Norming populations for achievement tests are sometimes characterized by a higher average level of mental ability than that of the average Negro pupil in the South.
1967 Amer. Econ. Rev. 57 661 Specifications, pretesting, and norming are important steps in test construction.
1986 Amer. Econ. Rev. 76 146/1 According to the national norming of the high school Test of Economic Literacy (1978), students in districts with a viable economics unit in their curriculum score 20 percent higher.
1990 Developmental Med. & Child Neurol. 32 394/1 The normal age-range for acquisition of..skills being tested must be known... Some norming has been carried out.
1996 R. H. Bork Slouching towards Gomorrah ii. xi. 221 ‘Gender norming’ is now the rule at all three [armed] service academies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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