quantitative
adjective
quan·ti·ta·tive
ˈkwän-tə-ˌtā-tiv 
1
: of, relating to, or expressible in terms of quantity
2
: of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity or amount
3
: based on quantity
specifically, of classical verse
: based on temporal quantity or duration of sounds
quantitatively
adverb
quantitativeness
noun
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Scientists are gathering quantitative information about human intelligence.
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Our approach to maternal health in the US is largely clinical and quantitative, focused primarily on protocols, clinical metrics and clinical predictors like a blood pressure reading or a blood count.
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Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The final report, which came to three hundred pages, was written in an accessible style but with a great deal of both qualitative and quantitative detail.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
As this is about the practice of programming, this has been a fundamentally qualitative process that is hard to write about with quantitative rigor.
—Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
This year is setting up to be a good one for financial stocks, according to Fidelity’s director of quantitative market strategy, Denise Chisholm.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The final report, which came to three hundred pages, was written in an accessible style but with a great deal of both qualitative and quantitative detail.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
As this is about the practice of programming, this has been a fundamentally qualitative process that is hard to write about with quantitative rigor.
—Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
This year is setting up to be a good one for financial stocks, according to Fidelity’s director of quantitative market strategy, Denise Chisholm.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
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quantitative
adjective
quan·ti·ta·tive
ˈkwän(t)-ə-ˌtāt-iv
: of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity
quantitatively
adverb
quantitativeness
noun
Medical Definition
quantitative
adjective
quan·ti·ta·tive
ˈkwän(t)-ə-ˌtāt-iv
1
: of, relating to, or expressible in terms of quantity
2
: of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity or amount
quantitatively
adverb
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