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Adjective
/ˈkwäləˌtātiv/,
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Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity,
  1. Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity
    • - a qualitative change in the undergraduate curriculum
  2. (of an adjective) Describing the quality of something in size, appearance, value, etc. Such adjectives can be submodified by words such as very and have comparative and superlative forms

  1. involving distinctions based on qualities; "qualitative change"; "qualitative data"; "qualitative analysis determines the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture"
  2. relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities
  3. Something qualitative; of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity; of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound
  4. (Qualitatively) (adverb) Determining a relative property of a substance, without assigning numerical values.  Example: the word "hot" merely indicates that the temperature is likely to be greater than room temperature.
  5. A test in which the final result is positive/negative, reactive/nonreactive, present/absent.
  6. Relating to the general qualities that can describe the level of performance or a product
  7. Qualitative variables are variables for which an attribute or classification is measured. Examples of qualitative variables are gender or disease state.
  8. observations that do not involve measurements and numbers ("My brother is shorter than my sister," is a qualitative observation.)
  9. Information in responses that cannot be measured, cannot be subjected to quantitative analysis, and is subjective in nature; often found in responses to open-ended questions, and involves feelings and motivations.
  10. A trait in which variation is discontinuous, such that phenotypes can be classified into discrete categories. An example would be tomato fruit color, where plant fruit could be categorized as red or yellow. ...
  11. Having to do with quality or qualities. Descriptive of kind, type or direction, as opposed to size, magnitude or degree.
  12. Looking at the qualities/description of something; a non-numerical examination.
  13. Something that is not summarised in numerical form, such as minutes from community meetings and general notes from observations. Qualitative data normally describe people's knowledge, attitudes or behaviours.
  14. Expressible in terms of quality, either measurable or subjective, as distinct from quantitative.
  15. looking for regularities and differences in text, exploring the whole text (QDA - qualitative data analysis). A few programs allow the processing of audio and video information also. There is no common paradigm of QDA, there are many approaches.
  16. Data in which the values of a variable differ in kind (quality) rather than in amount.
  17. Of, relating to, or expressed in relative or subjective terms impossible to precisely quantify.
  18. An approach to evaluation or part of an evaluation that is primarily descriptive and interpretative.
  19. A general description of properties that cannot be written in numbers.
  20. information which is descriptive, having to do with quality.
  21. Information in the form of statements or narrative
  22. A scientific study in which detailed information is obtained about complex issues, sensitive topics or life experiences. The information provides a deeper understanding and is used to generate new theories or hypotheses.
  23. Measures: Methods for collecting data which seek to preserve context and subjectivity, and which lean toward thick description rather than statistical summaries. ...
  24. analysis which merely determines the constituents of a substance without any regard to the quantity.
  25. Research conducted that cannot be quantified or analyzed quantitatively. Qualitative data requires subjective analysis as it is not collected empirically. Focus groups, interviews, and open-ended questions are all forms of qualitative research.