standardize

standardize
stan·dard·ize also Brit stan·dard·ise 'stan-dərd-.īz vt, -ized also Brit -ised; -iz·ing also Brit -is·ing
1) to reduce to or compare with a standard <\standardize a solution>
2) to bring into conformity with a standard
3) to arrange or order the component items of a test (as of intelligence or personality) so that the probability of their eliciting a designated class of response varies with some quantifiable psychological or behavioral attribute, function, or characteristic
stan·dard·iza·tion also Brit stan·dard·isa·tion .stan-dərd-ə-'zā-shən n

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stan·dard·ize (stanґdərd-īz) to compare with or conform to a standard; to establish standards.

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