The phrase "normative method" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to a specific approach or set of guidelines for making decisions or solving problems based on established norms or standards. Example: In the field of ethics, the normative method is often used to determine the right course of action in a given situation by analyzing ethical principles and norms.
An advantage of this method is that there is less heterogeneity among groups of jobs compared with the three groups according to the normative method.
Using the sociodental approach resulted in much lower estimates of dental need and workforce requirements for prosthodontic treatment than using the normative method.
Verhoeven et al [ 10] in a study that assessed the credibility of the Angoff method (by comparing it with a normative method) used mean minus 1 SD as the cut-off.
Compared to a more rational integrated need estimate (4.7%) based on a socio-dental approach, the clinically based normative method seriously overestimated treatment needs for partial dentures (39%) in older Tanzanians [ 8- 10].
Quantitative soil mineralogy has been identified as a key factor influencing PROFILE weathering estimates, and is often calculated with normative methods, such as the "Analysis to Mineralogy" ('A2M') model.
She describes their remixing of popular culture sources as an "explicitly creative process", maintaining that it prompts the reader to adopt some of the group's views by forcing "the individual to reconsider normative methods of approaching the content".
Nevertheless, normative, method-specific OC data can be applied to assess individual OC levels.
Normative methods tend to classify persons, while treating unique variation of individuals, rather unflatteringly, as unexplained error.
In any case, we expect that, to some degree, such research has to meet the basic standards of both empirical and normative methods.
There were very much lower levels of prosthodontic treatment needs and workforce requirements when using the sociodental approach compared to normative methods.
Following this socio-dental approach, Gherunpong et al [ 10- 12] reported that relying on normative methods (i.e. clinical diagnosis) alone without integrating the psychosocial dimensions of oral health, seriously overestimated need for orthodontic treatment in 11 12 year old Thais.
