When used to modify terms as data and research, the term quantitative generally implies that the data or research findings are projectible to a larger population
(of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables; "in typical Greek and Latin verse of the classical period the rhymic system is based on some arrangement of long and short elements"
(adj ) A type of data that has numerical value Quantitative data are further classified by the number of components and by the scales of values used (e g , scalar, vector, or tensor)
relating to, or expressed in terms of, quantity Quantitative research is based on numerical data
a way to describe an event or occurrence using specific values and measures typically avoiding sentiment and/or feeling (i e ' a 3 4 km walk ')
Sampling that uses filters or adsorbents to collect chemicals from the air The filters or adsorbents are sent to an outside lab for analysis to determine the exact quantity of each chemical in the sample
Quantitative means relating to different sizes or amounts of things. the advantages of quantitative and qualitative research. + quantitatively quan·ti·ta·tive·ly We cannot predict quantitatively the value or the cost of a new technology. relating to amounts rather than to the quality or standard of something quantitative analysis/methods/data etc
using numbers i e more than qualitative By actually measuring the mass of the falling body, and its surface area, as well as its rate of fall, I was able to show in a quantitative way that the effect of air resistance is to cause small compact objects to fall faster than large flat ones
of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample
Refers to a measured value as how much, how fast, how deep, how many or what concentration, (see qualitative)
expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement; "export wheat without quantitative limitations"; "quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture"