normalization

=Normalization=

toc This article defines a word and clarifies its application and usefulness in scale studies.

=Definition=

Normalization, defined as (n) standardization, standardisation, normalization, normalisation (the imposition of standards or regulations) "a committee was appointed to recommend terminological standardization"

=Etymology=

Root: 1640s, "standing at a right angle," from L.L. normalis "in conformity with rule, normal," from L. normalis "made according to a carpenter's square," from norma "rule, pattern," lit. "carpenter's square" Meaning "conforming to common standards, usual" is from 1828.

Norm; "standard, pattern, model," 1821, from Fr. norme, from O.Fr., from L. norma "carpenter's square, rule, pattern," of unknown origin. Klein suggests a borrowing (via Etruscan) of Gk. gnomon "carpenter's square." The Latin form of the word, norma, was used in English in the sense of "carpenter's square" from 1670s.

=Usage=

Part of the task of a scalometer is to normalize our expectations of behavior to different scales.