The phrase "normative means" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing standards, norms, or methods that are considered typical or expected within a certain framework.
Example: "The study employed normative means to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed interventions."
Alternatives: "standard methods" or "conventional approaches."
Alternative methods to traditional normative means supplement the principlist conception of autonomy with relational aspects, balancing interconnectedness rather than simple individual action.
The stringency of an obligation is thus a consequence not of its weight or practice features, but of the fact that it supports the required action by special normative means, insulating it from the general competition of reasons.
For example, if the state wants to introduce language tuition for migrants at the local level it can use coercive means through laws and regulations, economic means by providing funding or try normative means to convince municipalities that this is the right thing to do.
For instance, the way technologists and scientists construct parameters to detect things like smiles are through normative means such as averaging.
Summary physical and psychosocial scores are also generated and have normative means of 50 with a standard deviation of 10.
I am assuming here that normative means that one can describe a process in terms of optimising an objective function.
For analysis with the DF regression technique, UK or US families were selected if at least one child scored >1.5 SDs or >2.0 SDs, respectively, below the normative mean for any one of the reading-related traits (see Figure 1).
The descriptive IQ results for the SCH study group are representative of previously published studies of cognitive deficits in DMD, with the mean FSIQ, VIQ and PIQ scores being found to be approximately one standard deviation (15 IQ points) below the normative mean of 100, with a VIQ-PIQ deficit of approximately 7 IQ points.
** DM1 patients scoring 1 SD < normative mean.
That is, −1 SD or more from the normative mean.
The mean SF-36 scores in all 8 parameters were comparable to the normative mean scores, and in some parameters these patients scored higher than the normative mean.
