normed
- 1Adjusted so its values align with a reference standard, making results comparable across samples or populations.
Researchers reported normed test scores so the two cohorts could be compared directly.
The questionnaire data were normed against a large representative sample before analysis.
Similarstandardized, calibrated
Oppositeraw
Note
Here something has been done to the data. Raw scores are set against a reference group, so a number gains meaning relative to that group. The word belongs to testing and survey research and often appears as a passive verb with against, as in data normed against a representative sample. Unlike the mathematical sense, which names a built-in property of a structure, this one records a process.
- 2Of a mathematical structure equipped with a norm: a function that assigns a non-negative length or size to each of its elements.
A normed vector space supports a consistent notion of distance between its elements.
Functional analysis frequently studies normed spaces that are also complete.
Note
Built from norm plus -ed, the adjective describes what a structure has, not what was done to it. A normed space comes equipped with a length function that obeys three rules: only zero has length zero, scaling an element scales its length, and the triangle inequality holds. It is not comparable, since a space is either normed or not. Do not confuse it with normalized, which describes a single vector rescaled to length one.
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Origin
Formed from "norm" combined with the suffix "-ed".