Normative in academic disciplines means relating to an ideal standard or model, and in particular a normative statement (or norm see below) is a statement that affirms how things should or ought to be, that is how to value them.
Normative disciplines include: Normative economics, a branch of economics that incorporates value judgments Normative jurisprudence, a branch of legal theory, and in philosophy, see: Normative ethics, a branch of philosophical ethics concerned with morality Norm (philosophy)
Normative may also refer to:
Normative assessment, in education, a type of test or evaluation Normative mineralogy, a geochemical mineralogy calculation Normative grammar, grammar aimed at laying down grammatical norms
See also
Normative Aging Study Standardization, the process of developing and implementing technical standards sometimes called norms