qualitative vs quantitative
Definitions
adjective
- involving distinctions based on qualities
- relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities
Examples
If you're a student that's been asked to run a battery of qualitative organic tests, you should ask for a refund of your tuition.
The welfare/workfare transition thus represents an example of qualitative restructuring in state institutions and regulatory settlements.
CT guided needle biopsy settle on qualitative diagnosis.
Definitions
adjective
- expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement
- relating to the measurement of quantity
- (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables
Examples
The argument behind x is not quantitative, and we do not have an expression for its expected value under a null isolation model.
ABC of agrobiology; the quantitative science of plant life and plant nutrition for gardeners, farmers and general readers.
A growing body of evidence supports the supposition that the quantitative depletion of mtDNA, once thought to be a consequence of type 2 diabetes, could be a causative factor in pathogenesis.
