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normative science

a scientific approach concerned with establishing norms or typical or desirable values for behavior, education, health, or other cultural or societal factors. In contrast to descriptive science, which attempts to characterize behavior and other phenomena as they actually exist, normative science attempts to determine what they should be in order to satisfy various criteria.

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January 22nd 2025