The word qualitative refers to descriptions or distinctions based on some quality or characteristic rather than on some quantity or measured value. It can be a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound. It may also refer to:
- Qualitative property, a property that can be observed but not measured numerically
- Qualitative research, featuring a high degree of subjectivity
- Qualitative data, data that is not quantified
Famous quotes containing the word qualitative:
“You ask: What is it that philosophers have called qualitative states? I answer, only half in jest: As Louis Armstrong is said to have said when asked what jazz is, ‘If you got to ask, you ain’t never gonna get to know.’”
—Ned Block (b. 1942)
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