qualitative comparison

collocation in English

meaningsofqualitativeandcomparison

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qualitative
adjective
uk
/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.tə.tɪv/
us
/ˈkwɑː.lə.teɪ.t̬ɪv/
relating to how good or bad ...
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comparison
noun[C or U]
uk
/kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/
us
/kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/
the act of comparing two or more people ...
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(Definition ofqualitativeandcomparisonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Because of the incomplete representation of this solution by the boundary-layer theory, it is difficult to obtain more than aqualitativecomparison.
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Aqualitativecomparisonof the order in which specific function words are acquired also yielded more similarities than differences.
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Further detail on these activities was unavailable in the 2000 reports, so noqualitativecomparisonwas possible.
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For clarity and brevity in ourqualitativecomparisonof the estimators we do not consider variance issues in this paper.
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Flexible link using trial error, thus they are not very accurate, but they serve only forqualitativecomparison.
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In this respect, the high ecological validity of the two tasks makes us feel entitled to make at least aqualitativecomparisonbetween their results.
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This initial examination was forqualitativecomparisonbetween sample groups and with the literature.
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Table 6 summarizes thequalitativecomparisonof dialects from the various communities.
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Thequalitativecomparisonbetween experiment and mathematical simulation are good.
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As we shall see, this kind of close,qualitativecomparisonreveals differences that are not captured by the measures that we have used so far.
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However, at this stage we can make onlyqualitativecomparisonof our predictions to the data.
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Secondly, we must bear in mind equipment and roles when we seek to make aqualitativecomparison.
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However, quantitative and qualitative comparisons of concrete object nouns and concrete action verbs argue for the conceptual noun-verb asymmetry.
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A video camera recorded continuously during the work related activities permitting qualitative comparisons across tasks and repetitions.
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We chose these transcripts to enable qualitative comparisons between the results of our analysis methods with previously published studies of these design teams.
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A further analysis involved qualitative comparisons of the explanations children provided for the different types of metaphorical motion events by age.
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All spectra for a particular tissue were printed at the same vertical scale and qualitative comparisons were made.
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