Qualitative
adjective
Related to the quality or characteristics of something, not its size or quantity.
She conducts qualitative research on consumer attitudes.
Often appears as...
- qualitative data
- qualitative analysis
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Academic
adjective
Involving types or categories, not numbers or amounts.
In qualitative mathematics, reasoning is based on what things are.
Often appears as...
- qualitative variable
- qualitative mathematics
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Technical
adjective
Concerned with understanding human behaviour from an informant's perspective.
The psychologist carried out qualitative interviews with the patients.
Often appears as...
- qualitative study
- qualitative interviews
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Academic
adjective
Related to the quality or characteristics of something, not its size or quantity.
She conducts qualitative research on consumer attitudes.
Often appears as...
- qualitative data
- qualitative analysis
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Involving types or categories, not numbers or amounts.
In qualitative mathematics, reasoning is based on what things are.
Often appears as...
- qualitative variable
- qualitative mathematics
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Concerned with understanding human behaviour from an informant's perspective.
The psychologist carried out qualitative interviews with the patients.
Often appears as...
- qualitative study
- qualitative interviews
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3In-depth Analysis
Indicates detailed examination of qualities, beyond just numbers.
His qualitative review of the book revealed deep insights.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjective Nature
Shows that results are based on opinions, feelings, or perspectives.
Qualitative feedback often varies from person to person.
Pro Tip 3/3Description Over Numbers
Emphasizes qualities and characteristics, not quantifiable metrics.
A qualitative assessment focuses on 'how' not 'how many'.
Pro Tip 1/3In-depth Analysis
Indicates detailed examination of qualities, beyond just numbers.
His qualitative review of the book revealed deep insights.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjective Nature
Shows that results are based on opinions, feelings, or perspectives.
Qualitative feedback often varies from person to person.
Pro Tip 3/3Description Over Numbers
Emphasizes qualities and characteristics, not quantifiable metrics.
A qualitative assessment focuses on 'how' not 'how many'.
Pro Tip 1/3In-depth Analysis
Indicates detailed examination of qualities, beyond just numbers.
His qualitative review of the book revealed deep insights.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjective Nature
Shows that results are based on opinions, feelings, or perspectives.
Qualitative feedback often varies from person to person.
Pro Tip 3/3Description Over Numbers
Emphasizes qualities and characteristics, not quantifiable metrics.
A qualitative assessment focuses on 'how' not 'how many'.
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Laurie Santos: How...
When we introduced sales, we saw the monkeys paid attention to that. They really cared about their monkey token dollar. The more surprising thing was that when we collaborated with economists to actually look at the monkeys' data using economic tools, they basically matched, not just qualitatively, but quantitatively with what we saw
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How to build your...
and they could put more kids through the machine in a day. So the quantitative results were great. But Doug's results that he cared about were much more qualitative. He was with one of the mothers waiting for her child to come out of the scan. And when the little girl came out of her scan, she ran up to her mother and said,
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Chimps vs. Humans:...
this is my somewhat radical position within the profession I think we've all gone too far in thinking that writing down rules is the point it's I think leadership which in which is a continuous phenomenon from from chimpanzees to humans it's not notice it's qualitative it's different in some ways but this clearly the same
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How virtual reality...
a little bit of what students see. This is the virtual reality when they're underwater observing the flora and fauna. This is the digital journal where they're constructing their models based on this abiotic data to show what they expect to see. Here, they're supporting that with qualitative statements.
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The language of lying —...
are qualitatively different from those based on real experiences. This suggests that creating a false story about a personal topic takes work and results in a different pattern of language use. A technology known as linguistic text analysis has helped to identify four such common patterns
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John Searle: Our shared...
You cannot get rid of it by showing that it's an illusion in a way that you can with other standard illusions. Okay, the second feature is this one that has been such a source of trouble to us, and that is, all of our conscious states have this qualitative character to them.
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The rapid growth of the...
and very serious concerns about dystopian monitoring. As an China is in the process of rolling out a social credit rating that will cover its entire population, rewarding and restricting citizens, based on highly qualitative characteristics like honesty and integrity.
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The power of vulnerabilit...
going to call you a storyteller and I was like why not magic pixie I was like I I don't I let me think about this for a second and so I tried to call deep on my courage and I thought you know I am a storyteller I'm a qualitative researcher
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Matthieu Ricard: How to...
Not sustainable growth anymore. Sustainable harmony means now we will reduce inequality. In the future, we do more with less, and we continue to grow qualitatively, not quantitatively. We need caring economics.
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The Tipping Point PIPE...
hotter there's no qualitative difference between the models in the sense that none of them are going to rescue us by projecting no temperature change or reversal of warming so the crucial uncertainty really
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Laurie Santos: How...
When we introduced sales, we saw the monkeys paid attention to that. They really cared about their monkey token dollar. The more surprising thing was that when we collaborated with economists to actually look at the monkeys' data using economic tools, they basically matched, not just qualitatively, but quantitatively with what we saw
Video examples
How to build your...
and they could put more kids through the machine in a day. So the quantitative results were great. But Doug's results that he cared about were much more qualitative. He was with one of the mothers waiting for her child to come out of the scan. And when the little girl came out of her scan, she ran up to her mother and said,
Video examples
Chimps vs. Humans:...
this is my somewhat radical position within the profession I think we've all gone too far in thinking that writing down rules is the point it's I think leadership which in which is a continuous phenomenon from from chimpanzees to humans it's not notice it's qualitative it's different in some ways but this clearly the same
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How virtual reality...
a little bit of what students see. This is the virtual reality when they're underwater observing the flora and fauna. This is the digital journal where they're constructing their models based on this abiotic data to show what they expect to see. Here, they're supporting that with qualitative statements.
Video examples
The language of lying —...
are qualitatively different from those based on real experiences. This suggests that creating a false story about a personal topic takes work and results in a different pattern of language use. A technology known as linguistic text analysis has helped to identify four such common patterns
Video examples
John Searle: Our shared...
You cannot get rid of it by showing that it's an illusion in a way that you can with other standard illusions. Okay, the second feature is this one that has been such a source of trouble to us, and that is, all of our conscious states have this qualitative character to them.
Video examples
The rapid growth of the...
and very serious concerns about dystopian monitoring. As an China is in the process of rolling out a social credit rating that will cover its entire population, rewarding and restricting citizens, based on highly qualitative characteristics like honesty and integrity.
Video examples
The power of vulnerabilit...
going to call you a storyteller and I was like why not magic pixie I was like I I don't I let me think about this for a second and so I tried to call deep on my courage and I thought you know I am a storyteller I'm a qualitative researcher
Video examples
Matthieu Ricard: How to...
Not sustainable growth anymore. Sustainable harmony means now we will reduce inequality. In the future, we do more with less, and we continue to grow qualitatively, not quantitatively. We need caring economics.
Video examples
The Tipping Point PIPE...
hotter there's no qualitative difference between the models in the sense that none of them are going to rescue us by projecting no temperature change or reversal of warming so the crucial uncertainty really
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John Carmack
American Scientist
At its very core, virtual reality is about being freed from the limitations of actual reality. Carrying your virtual reality with you, and being able to jump into it whenever and wherever you want, qualitatively changes the experience for the better. Experiencing mobile VR is like when you first tried a decent desktop VR experience.
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Kirsten Green
American Businesswoman
I was a woman and younger. I started spending a lot of time in the mall doing a lot of qualitative research and really watching what consumers were doing. Were they gravitating towards the sales racks, or were they looking at the new fashions? Were they there to shop, or were they there to socialize?
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Stewart Butterfield
Canadian Businessman
Hard numbers tell an important story; user stats and sales numbers will always be key metrics. But every day, your users are sharing a huge amount of qualitative data, too - and a lot of companies either don't know how or forget to act on it.
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Roseanne Barr
American Actress
Patriarchy is impotent and qualitatively unable to solve even the most simple problems in the cosmos such as picking up their own socks or placing a carton of milk back in the refrigerator after drinking from it.
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William Turner
British Scientist
You may have heard the world is made up of atoms and molecules, but it's really made up of stories. When you sit with an individual that's been here, you can give quantitative data a qualitative overlay.
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Astro Teller
English Scientist
There's no point having something worn on your body - that's a big ask - unless you can give people something they really couldn't get otherwise. It has to be qualitatively better for it to be worn.
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John Mott
American Leader
Such highly qualitative leadership is demanded especially in the realm of the fostering of right international relations. Here the demand is simply irresistible.
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Sobhita Dhulipala
Indian Actress
The Miss Eco-Beauty title is a very qualitative and important award!
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Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.
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Rashida Jones
American Actress
I am definitively qualitative about work.
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John Carmack
American Scientist
At its very core, virtual reality is about being freed from the limitations of actual reality. Carrying your virtual reality with you, and being able to jump into it whenever and wherever you want, qualitatively changes the experience for the better. Experiencing mobile VR is like when you first tried a decent desktop VR experience.
Quote examples
Kirsten Green
American Businesswoman
I was a woman and younger. I started spending a lot of time in the mall doing a lot of qualitative research and really watching what consumers were doing. Were they gravitating towards the sales racks, or were they looking at the new fashions? Were they there to shop, or were they there to socialize?
Quote examples
Stewart Butterfield
Canadian Businessman
Hard numbers tell an important story; user stats and sales numbers will always be key metrics. But every day, your users are sharing a huge amount of qualitative data, too - and a lot of companies either don't know how or forget to act on it.
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Roseanne Barr
American Actress
Patriarchy is impotent and qualitatively unable to solve even the most simple problems in the cosmos such as picking up their own socks or placing a carton of milk back in the refrigerator after drinking from it.
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William Turner
British Scientist
You may have heard the world is made up of atoms and molecules, but it's really made up of stories. When you sit with an individual that's been here, you can give quantitative data a qualitative overlay.
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Astro Teller
English Scientist
There's no point having something worn on your body - that's a big ask - unless you can give people something they really couldn't get otherwise. It has to be qualitatively better for it to be worn.
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John Mott
American Leader
Such highly qualitative leadership is demanded especially in the realm of the fostering of right international relations. Here the demand is simply irresistible.
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Sobhita Dhulipala
Indian Actress
The Miss Eco-Beauty title is a very qualitative and important award!
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Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.
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Rashida Jones
American Actress
I am definitively qualitative about work.
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