Definition of "qualitative" []

• Of, relating to, or concerning quality. (adjective)

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• "Forecasting can be successful, particularly over the short term and, over the longer term, by understanding what they call "qualitative and contingent" regulatories or trends "in driving price swings.""
• "Bernanke's "quantitative easing" was never accompanied by what might be called "qualitative easing" - targeted policies designed to ensure that some of the financial advantages given to banks by the Fed were used to help the overall economy."
• "Face-to-face in qualitative settings, participatory focus groups and ethnographic studies, another picture emerges."