Saturday 2 May 2015

Norms and Standards

Almost every child of Chinese immigrants attends a half-day weekend Chinese school and almost every one dislikes it, that's a norm.
My child aged eight has to go and learn the language every Saturday afternoon, that's my standard.

Most health librarians perform systematic searches for systematic reviews, that's a norm.
Undertaking a high quality knowledge synthesis requires a combination of expertise, health librarians being one of them, that's a standard.

Committing to what you promised, whether taking your two-year-old to a weekly gymnastics class, or vowing to be a healer when you graduated from a medical school, a social or legal norm which can produce standards of conduct.

Norm, defined as a standard that is prescriptive rather than a descriptive or explanatory abstraction.

A document that describes requirements to be met, such as to establish an effective quality management system:
French: norme
English: standard

Now, I am confused.

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