norm

A way of behaving or believing that is normal for a group or culture All societies have their norms, they are simply what most people do Deviants break norms Some norms are enshrined in law and society punishes those who deviate from them Breaches of unwritten norms are unofficially punished This is important to science, because innovation is a form of deviancy science formally encourages (Section 15 8 )

A norm is an official standard or level that organizations are expected to reach. an agency which would establish European norms and co-ordinate national policies to halt pollution. Norman

The number of points a player must achieve in an international tournament to gain qualification for FIDE titles

a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical; "the current middle-class norm of two children per family"

Belief held by a number of members of a group, that the members ought to behave in a certain way in certain circumstances (Holmans, 1961, p 6)

The vector norm calculated by raising the absolute value of each component to the p power, adding them together, and taking the p-th root of the sum

This is a function of a vector, say ||x||, that satisfies three properties

A statistic that provides a frame of reference by which meaning may be given to test scores; norms are based upon the actual performance of pupils of various grades or ages in the standardization group for the test

A function, denoted |v| or v that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties

a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"

{i} standard; quota; rule; type of mathematical function

Expectations of how a person or persons will behave in a given situation based on established protocols, rules of conduct or accepted social practices

An expected standard of behaviour and belief established and enforced by a group

A typical, structural unit; a type

Norms are ways of behaving that are considered normal in a particular society. the commonly accepted norms of democracy. a social norm that says drunkenness is inappropriate behaviour

A member of a lesser House

That which is regarded as normal or typical

A map which satisfies the following conditions: A norm is a measure of the ``size'' of a vector Some popular norms are

If you say that a situation is the norm, you mean that it is usual and expected. Families of six or seven are the norm in Borough Park The changes will lead to more flexible leases, and leases nearer to 15 years than the present norm of 25 years

a standard of behavior or an expressed attitude, based on the shared trends of the majority in a group

The description of the characteristics of a variety as supplied by the Breeder Also known as a variety description

An average, common, or standard performance under specified conditions, e g , the average achievement test score of nine-year-old children or the average birth weight of male children

semi-norm

A function denoted ||v|| that maps a vector v to a non-negative value such that ||cv|| = |c|.||v||, where c is a scalar, and ||v + w|| ≤ ||v|| + ||w|| (the triangle inequality); the condition that ||v|| = 0 implies that v = 0 is not required, but when it holds, the semi-norm is a norm

t-norm

A mathematical function T: × → that is commutative, associative, monotonic, and the number 1 acts as identity element, that is T(a, 1) = a

two-norm

Mathematical measure of length given by "the square root of the squares." Denoted by ||\cdot||_2, the two-norm of a vector \vec v= is ||\vec v||_2=\sqrt{a_1^2+a_2^2+\cdots+a_n^2}. The two norm of an m\times m matrix A is defined by \max_{\vec v\neq\vec 0}\frac{||A\vec v||_2}{||\vec v||_2} where \vec v is an m-dimensional vector that is not the zero vector

social norm

(Sosyoloji, Toplumbilim) In sociology, a norm, or social norm, is a rule that is socially enforced. Social sanctioning is what distinguishes norms from other cultural products or social constructions such as meaning and values. Norms and normlessness are thought to affect a wide variety of human behavior

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