Normative (disambiguation)

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: and in philosophy, see
 * Normative economics, a branch of economics that incorporates value judgments
 * Normative jurisprudence, a branch of legal theory,
 * Normative ethics, a branch of philosophical ethics concerned with morality, and
 * 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