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qualitative
qual·i·ta·tive Q0012800 (kwŏl′ĭ-tā′tĭv)adj. Of, relating to, or concerning quality.
[Middle English, producing a primary quality, from Medieval Latin quālitātīvus, from Late Latin, qualitative, from Latin quālitās, quālitāt-, quality; see quality.]
qual′i·ta′tive·ly adv.qualitative (ˈkwɒlɪtətɪv; -ˌteɪ-) adjinvolving or relating to distinctions based on quality or qualities. Compare quantitative ˈqualitatively advqual•i•ta•tive (ˈkwɒl ɪˌteɪ tɪv)
adj. pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities. [1600–10; < Late Latin quālitātīvus= Latin quālitāt- (s. of quālitās) quality + -īvus -ive] qual′i•ta`tive•ly, adv. qualitativeDescribes a statement, or analysis, which gives the composition of an item, not the amounts present.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | qualitative - involving distinctions based on qualities; "qualitative change"; "qualitative data"; "qualitative analysis determines the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture"quantitative - expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement; "export wheat without quantitative limitations"; "quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture" | | 2. | qualitative - relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities |
Translationsqualitativokvalitativjakościowyкачественный
qualitative
qualitativeDealing with observations that are subject to interpretation. Contrast with quantitative. See qualitative data.qualitative
qualitative (kwol'i-ta?tiv) [L. qualitativus] Referring to the quality of anything. See: quantitativeQualitative
QualitativeDescribing economic, market and other research not directly related to mathematical data. Qualitative factors are based on the assumption that economic actors, being human beings, are susceptible to acting on factors that may not directly correlate with facts. Qualitative factors may include management practices or brand recognition when recommending investment decisions to clients or brokers. See also: Assurance, Panic selling, Quantitative research.AcronymsSeeQUALqualitative
Related to qualitative: qualitative variableAntonyms for qualitativeadj involving distinctions based on qualitiesAntonyms |