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quantitative Definition

quan·ti·ta·tive (kwäntə tāt′iv)

adjective

  1. having to do with quantity
  2. capable of being measured
  3. having to do with the quantity of a speech sound
  4. having to do with a system, as in classical prosody, in which syllables are classified as long and short

Etymology: ML quantitativus

quantitative Related Forms

quan·ti·ta′·tively adverb quan·ti·ta′·tive·ness noun

quantitative Usage Examples

Preposition: in

nature: The emphasis here will be primarily quantitative in nature, drawn from secondary sources.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: This project is to develop the theory and make the effect quantitative.

Modifies a noun

  • locus: Thus such genes have been called quantitative trait loci or QTL.
  • analysis: However, there is an even sharper color change which is used in quantitative analysis.
  • method: The first is a two hour examination on quantitative methods worth 50 per cent.
  • genetics: Research History My initial research was based around studies on the quantitative genetics of Brassica spp.
  • methodology: The study is open to both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
  • trait: Aspects of population genetics and inheritance of quantitative traits.

Modifying Another Word

  • purely: Moreover, all the tools of automation subtly invite our attention ever more one-sidedly to the purely quantitative side of things.
  • primarily: The emphasis here will be primarily quantitative in nature, drawn from secondary sources.
  • only: Not only quantitative knowledge is important in this respect.
  • not: The results of the focus group will usually be qualitative in nature and not quantitative.
  • also: See also quantitative quantitative that can be measured or assessed using numbers.
  • either: The measures can be either quantitative or qualitative, or a mixture of both.

Used with adjective complement

  • perform: She told the travel channel pioneered of the season next performed quantitative.
  • become: As the technique becomes increasingly quantitative it promises to deliver real insight into the nature of chemical change.
  • provide: Banding together in that a percent we provide quantitative.
  • use: This puts almost irresistible pressure on markers to use quantitative marking schemes.
  • make: This technique, if made quantitative, is able to fulfill these requirements by the SIA.