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abstract: 'We analyze data for $^{12}$C$(e,e^\prime p)$ with $Q^2 < 2$ (GeV/$c$)$^2$ using the relativistic distorted-wave impulse approximation (RDWIA) based upon Dirac-Hartree wave functions. The $1p$ normalization extracted from data for $Q^2 > 0.6$ (GeV/$c$)$^2$ is approximately 0.87, independent of $Q^2$, which is consistent with the predicted depletion of the $1p_{3/2}$ orbital by short-range correlations. The total $1p$ and $1s$ strength for $E_m < 80$ MeV approaches 100% of IPSM, consistent with a continuum contribution for $30< E_m < 80$ MeV of about 12% of IPSM. Similarly, a scale factor of 1.12 brings RDWIA calculations into good agreement with $^{12}$C$(e,e^\prime p)$ data for transparency. We also analyzed low $Q^2$ data from which a recent NRDWIA analysis suggested that spectroscopic factors might depend strongly upon the resolution of the probe. We find that the momentum distributions for their empirical Woods-Saxon wave functions fit to low $Q^2$ data for parallel kinematics are too narrow to reproduce data for quasiperpendicular kinematics, especially for larger $Q^2$, and are partly responsible for reducing fitted normalization factors. Although the RDWIA normalization factors for $Q^2 < 0.2$ (GeV/$c$)$^2$ are also smaller than obtained for $Q^2 > 0.6$ (GeV/$c$)$^2$, the effect is smaller and we argue that 