Also, it had good face validity, and normative data is available.
The original scale was based on the normative data that was collected from a carefully conducted longitudinal study of early human development.
These tests, complete with normative data, are accessible via the journal article referenced below.
But often pediatricians don't know what to say because there's little normative data.
The data resulting from standardization are known as normative data.
The majority of the following questionnaires have been used by other authors for research purposes, so that they are accompanied by some normative data.
"There is simply no normative data on this," he said.
This step provides objective comparisons with already established normative data.
By comparing outcome with normative data, the amount of muscle strength loss can be determined.
This has led to the generation of normative data.