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qualitative

[kwol-i-tey-tiv] / ˈkwɒl ɪˌteɪ tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
concerning qualities not quantities
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Even the qualitative factors are quantified and fed to the hiring algorithms.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Naratis aims to take qualitative research - the slowest, most expensive form of polling - and rebuild it around AI.

From BBC Apr. 30, 2026

And they report this information to executive management and the board in quantitative and qualitative ways, so that leadership can oversee the details and the firm’s overall direction for AI.

From MarketWatch Apr. 10, 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

And when he's done I want to say: "There is a qualitative difference in the visual effect of the room."

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan



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