quantitative approach

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meaningsofquantitativeandapproach

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quantitative
adjective
uk
/ˈkwɒn.tɪ.tə.tɪv/
us
/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.teɪ.t̬ɪv/
relating to numbers ...
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approach
noun
uk
/əˈprəʊtʃ/
us
/əˈproʊtʃ/
a way of considering or ...
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Aquantitativeapproachto determining product platform extent.
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This is in no way a comment on the usefulness of thequantitativeapproach.
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The nearer that this model is approached, the more successful a purelyquantitativeapproachwill be, as in drug trials.
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This picture, however, does not describe the realities of thequantitativeapproachin molecular phylogenetics.
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As to methodology, the authors combine a macrosociological andquantitativeapproach(using a written survey) with ethnography (meetings of focus groups).
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This chapter provides a useful starting point for those who wish to adopt aquantitativeapproachto understanding or modelling processes of glacier erosion.
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Ourquantitativeapproachraises one set of questions about animals' decisionmaking and criterion-setting processes and about the level these processes have in the psychological system.
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Of all the chapters in the book this presents a complete picture of the demands of professional instrumentalists, mainly focusing on thequantitativeapproach.
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It's a system of interrelationships, a system of equations, but still thequantitativeapproachis important.
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They thought that their experimental techniques allowed them aquantitativeapproachnot available within the more traditional toolbox of evolutionary biology.
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The recent trend has been for a growth of the second, morequantitativeapproach.
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There is also aquantitativeapproachto diagenetic process, compaction, pore water flow and thermal histories in one of the later chapters of the book.
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Aquantitativeapproach, instead of rough categorization, would resolve the problem.
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Finally, assessing the 'quality' of social relations using aquantitativeapproachpresents difficulties, not the least of which is a tendency for such items to be positively skewed.
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Computer security is where aquantitativeapproachhas proved to be particularly well-suited.
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This conclusion could and should be assessed by aquantitativeapproachof ductile deformation in highgrade metamorphic sequences, aiming at constraining the vorticity of the ductile flow.
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Table 1 provides the distribution of the words in the various sections of the newspaper, such a concisequantitativeapproachproviding a quick overview of the analysis.
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Thisquantitativeapproachpervades the book.
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Thequantitativeapproachwe present allows us to obtain additional information such as an estimation of the probability that some data is transmitted within a given interval of time.
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