qualitative
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The group confirmed its qualitative outlook for the year, while its new backlog record of 6 billion euros supports growth momentum despite limited recovery in industrial demand, the analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
He described Diamond Hill’s “workmanlike mentality to investing,” which includes forecasting companies’ fundamental performance at least five years out, supported by “a qualitative assessment of companies we want to own.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Traditionally, qualitative studies involve small groups or one-on-one interviews with paid respondents recruited via panels.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
"Quantitatively, there may be refinements. For example, the current treatment includes gravity in a static, lowest-order approximation. The pulsar is rotating, and including rotational effects could introduce quantitative changes, though not qualitative ones."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2026
To the extent this represented a quantitative judgment, it was certainly true; yet in qualitative terms, it may be viewed as a desperate rationalization of a foregone conclusion.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing qualitative
The Scientific Method
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