normalization
Reducing to standard
Normalization is the process of making something standard, typical, or acceptable.
In social contexts, it describes how unusual or taboo things become ordinary through repeated exposure: the normalization of violence in media.
In statistics and computing, normalization adjusts data to a common scale or format.
In database design, it organizes tables to reduce redundancy.
The word often carries concern about gradual acceptance of harmful things: We can't allow the normalization of hate speech.
Global standards body
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
compliance · specifications · metrics · protocols · quality control · guidelines · best practices · regulation
Adherence to norms
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
- acceptanceConsent to receive
integration · destigmatization · inclusion · convention · societal expectations · cultural norms · hegemony · homogenization
Initial data preparation steps
- scalingClimbing or resizing
- transformationThorough change in form
- feature engineeringCreating predictive input variables
- cleaningRemoving dirt and mess
encoding · imputation · outliers · standardization · ETL · extraction · loading · warehousing
Thorough change in form
- scalingClimbing or resizing
- orthogonalAt right angles
- eigenvaluesTransformation scaling constants
- eigenvectorsVectors scaled by matrices
matrices · vectors · projection · Laplace · integral · magnitude · basis · L1
Standard for comparison
- therapeuticPromoting healing or wellness
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- remissionTemporary disease absence
homeostasis · physiological · blood pressure · glucose · hormone levels · lab values · vital signs · clinical
Connections or dealings
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- accordsMutual agreements reached
- rapprochementReestablishment of harmonious relations
- detenteRelaxation of strained relations
dialogue · peace · reconciliation · ambassador · envoy · summit · bilateral · multilateral
Standard writing conventions
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
syntax · corpus · prescriptivism · descriptivism · dialect · register · sociolinguistics · stemming
Quantum state's mathematical representation
- eigenstateOperator-invariant quantum state
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
- observableCapable of being detected
ISO
Global standards body
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
- certificationAttestation of qualification
accreditation · compliance · specifications · metrics · protocols · quality control · guidelines · best practices · regulation · harmonization
conformity
Adherence to norms
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
acceptance · integration · destigmatization · inclusion · convention · societal expectations · cultural norms · hegemony · homogenization · majoritarianism
preprocessing
Initial data preparation steps
- scalingClimbing or resizing
- transformationThorough change in form
- feature engineeringCreating predictive input variables
cleaning · encoding · imputation · outliers · standardization · ETL · extraction · loading · warehousing · min-max
transformation
Thorough change in form
- scalingClimbing or resizing
- orthogonalAt right angles
- eigenvaluesTransformation scaling constants
eigenvectors · matrices · vectors · projection · Laplace · integral · magnitude · basis · L1 · Euclidean
baseline
Standard for comparison
- therapeuticPromoting healing or wellness
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
remission · homeostasis · physiological · blood pressure · glucose · hormone levels · lab values · vital signs · clinical · patient outcomes
relations
Connections or dealings
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
- accordsMutual agreements reached
- rapprochementReestablishment of harmonious relations
detente · dialogue · peace · reconciliation · ambassador · envoy · summit · bilateral · multilateral · mediation
orthography
Standard writing conventions
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
grammar · syntax · corpus · prescriptivism · descriptivism · dialect · register · sociolinguistics · stemming · transcription
wavefunction
Quantum state's mathematical representation
- eigenstateOperator-invariant quantum state
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
- observableCapable of being detected
- dimensionality reductionPCA, eigenvalues, eigenvector, loading, component
- fuzzy logicfuzzy logic, truth value, fuzzy boundaries, hedge, hedges
- processingprocessing, batch processing, data processing, parallel processing, real-time processing
- adjustmentsadjustment, tweaks, adjust, shifts, fixes
- influenceinfluence, persuasion, sway, clout, leverage
- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, making up
normalizationdeviation
Departure from expected path
denormalization · randomization · perturbation · distortion · corruption
normalizationstigmatization
Marking as disgraceful
marginalization · pathologization · criminalization · demonization · delegitimization
- text normalizationStandardizing written data format