qualitative

IPA: kwˈɑɫʌteɪtɪv

Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity.
(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound.

Examples of "qualitative" in Sentences

How will you measure long-term qualitative social outcomes?
Face-to-face in qualitative settings, participatory focus groups and ethnographic studies, another picture emerges.
Moody's makes five-year medium-term qualitative assessments for each country, but does not appear to do any long-term quantitative or critical work.
A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement.
Forecasting can be successful, particularly over the short term and, over the longer term, by understanding what they call "qualitative and contingent" regulatories or trends "in driving price swings."
The vintage approach assumes that new investments are characterized by the most modern technology and that the capital that is formed as a result does not change in qualitative terms over its remaining life.
Bernanke's "quantitative easing" was never accompanied by what might be called "qualitative easing" - targeted policies designed to ensure that some of the financial advantages given to banks by the Fed were used to help the overall economy.
Slide 4: Identify the key difference between positivist and interpretivist research methods (make certain you use the terms qualitative and I nfl uences on the choi ce of quantitative in your answer) r esear ch method used by soci ol ogi sts