Definitions for "Norms"
Social standards for behavior in any given culture.
refer to the informal standards of behaviour that are shared by members of a given society. As a sociological term they represent the common expectations of appropriate and inappropriate behaviour.
In intelligence testing, the scores taken from a large sample of the population against which an individual's test scores are evaluated.
National Occupational Respiratory Mortality System
Numerical or statistical measures of observed performance of health care services derived from aggregated information related to the health care services provided to a statistically significant number of persons as developed by the review organization.
Measures of average values and variations in some aspect of development, such as physical size and motor skill development, in relation to age.
a history of information with which to compare specific results.