While a quantitative approach may be useful in certain situations, I think this case necessitates a qualitative analysis.
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Qualitative
/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.tə.tɪv/
Synonyms for "qualitative" (77 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(9 words)
behavioral descriptorcategoricalconceptual physics homeworkdescriptivedescriptive datadescriptive paragraphimpressionisticinterpretiveinterview-based
Strong matches (23)
Noun(13 words)
less numericless numeric contentmore nonexperimentalmore nonnumericmost nonmeasurablemost nonnumericmost nonnumericalmost nonquantitativemost qualitativenon mathematical toolsnonarithmetic approachnonmath basednonmath subjects
Adjective(10 words)
nominalnonarithmeticnonarithmetic datanonarithmetic tasknonarithmeticalnonfinancial matternonmath disciplinenonmath topicsnonmathematicalnonmathematical course
Related words (38)
Adjective(26 words)
nonmathematical discoursenonmathematical topicsnonmeasurable propertiesnonnumericnonnumeric categorynonnumeric datanonnumeric datasetnonnumeric descriptornonnumeric fieldnonnumeric fieldsnonnumeric inputnonnumeric modifiernonnumeric valuesnonnumericalnonphysical conceptnonquantitativenonquantitative measurementnonquantitative propertyphonological descriptorsubjective
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symbolic modelingtextual dataunmathematicalunmeasurable differenceunquantified dataunstructured inquiry
Noun(12 words)
nonnumeric systemnonquantitative attributenot numericopen-ended polloral historiesoral narrativeoral-history interviewquality wordstudent case studytestimonial dataunmeasurable quantityunmeasurable trait
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9 entriesbreed typecolor categorydescriptive datainterview datanarrative feedbacknonquantitative dataobservation notesportfolio reviewtext data
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6 entriesqualitative analysisqualitative approachqualitative dataqualitative descriptionqualitative observationqualitative research
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2 entriesmore qualitativemost qualitative
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6 total sentences available.
Indices for the economy are quantitative measures and don't account for qualitative aspects of lifestyle. The indices are from a Western perspective.
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In science, one cannot cheat on quantitative or qualitative data, or outright lie about information, unlike science fiction, which likes to play with hypotheticals for not just entertainment.
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The qualitative advantage of the second solution was eyecatching. Because of this, the client chose this variation of the project.
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