They are timed on this task and compared to a normative sample.

Thus the test can be administered in different languages, scored based on either local, national, or international normative samples, and computerized interpretive reports provided in about 15 different languages.

Comparison of this group to normative samples on quality-of-life indicators (SF-36; HAD scores) indicated no reductions in quality of life in these women.

Kirkcaldy, Bruce D, Eysenck, Michael W, Brown, Jennifer, Siefen, Georg R. Determinants of suicidal ideation and gender differences among a normative sample of adolescents.

The mean scores in the normative sample did vary slightly between genders as well as varying by age, though the threshold scores for classifications do not change by these variations.

For example, Tori and Blimes found that defense mechanisms were valid in a normative sample of 2,624 Thais.

These categorizations are based on quantiles from a normative sample.

It consists of 12 items of progressive difficulty (as defined, psychometrically, by the percentage of subjects in a normative sample that reports experiencing each particular item) and usually takes around forty-five minutes to complete.

With a dearth of sound evidence and normative samples, it is tough to determine how much useful information can be gathered in this manner.

The research team administered two versions of the test, first to a sample of college students and later to a normative sample.