please can you explain in plain terms the difference between Qualitative and quanitative and what they mean?

Question

I am doing a manager course and I am not sure of what qualitative and quanitative mean or what they are. Please simpifie this for me in normal language

Answer 1

producing goods

quan- produce lots and lots of cheap goods, small profit margin sell millions.

qual - produce a few very fine goods, big profit, sell less than a thousand.

There is the saying that standards drop when people go for quantity over quality.

ie. quan - basic ford car qual - ferrari

Answer 2

Quantity, which shares the same Latin root as quantitative, describes something that can be counted or measured. Questions in quantitative analysis typically ask how much or how many.

On the other hand, qualitative shares the same Latin root as quality. Questions in qualitative analysis tend to have yes or no answers or perhaps are multiple choice: does something possess a certain attribute or not? Which (of several distinct possibilities) kind is it? What class or pigeonhole do I put it into?

The difference is in part a philosophical one. Some of the most important questions can fall in the ill-defined region between the two. "Is Degas a better artist than Van Gogh?" may at first look like a quantitative question because it is basically a "how much?" question, but it also brings in the idea of being able to measure the worth of art, which is anathema to many artists.

Answer 3

think 'qualify- tative' and 'quantity-tative' - then you get the drift - qualitative is a subjective quality, often a matter of opinion. Quantitative can be described in terms of quantity, eg 2000 or 30000 people attended a rock concert.
Qualitatively, the concert may have been the best or worst yet. Hope this helps

Answer 4

Quantitative refers to anything you can quantify -- that is, numbers. Qualitative refers to qualities.

If you were looking at Alice, Bob, and Carol to figure out who would be the best person to fire, for instance, you could look at the amount of profit they made for the company and fire the person that made the least money. That would be based on numbers and be a quantitative decision. If you decided based on that someone was late a lot and never made fresh coffee after taking the last cup, that would be a qualitative decision.

Answer 5

Qualitative refers to subjective evaluations of quality.

Quantitative refers to anything that can be objectively measured.

The root words are quality--how good or bad something is--and quantity--how many.

If you can put a number on it through an objective form of measure, it's quantitative. Numerical age is a quantitative measure of physical maturity. There is no way to objectively measure emotional maturity, or at least it's much more difficult, so that's a qualitative evaluation.

Answer 6

Quantitive is about the number. Qualitative is about how good the product is. In manufacturing, you may have a plant that manufactures a greater quantity but a poorer quality.

Answer 7

Your poor understanding of English needs to be addressed if you are doing a management course. If you cannot understand these basic terms how are you planning to communicate with people both above and below you in organisations? I suggest you do a lot more reading in your spare time - serious reading, that is.

Answer 8

qualitative is non number results: the dogs had blue noses, the glass of water turned blue when i put food dye in it, the sugar dissapeared after i put it in the tea, the birds could all fly

quantitative is statistical analysis: their were 12 blue nosed dogs, the room decreased 16 degrees, the sugar disapeared after 12 minits, 64 men play water polo

Answer 9

You can always consult an online dictionary, but basically "qualitative" is referring to the QUALITY of something, whereas "quantitative" refers to the QUANTITY (number).

qual·i·ta·tive
Pronunciation: 'kwä-l&-"tA-tiv
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or involving quality or kind

quan·ti·ta·tive
Pronunciation: 'kwän-t&-"tA-tiv
Function: adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin quantitativus, from Latin quantitat-, quantitas quantity
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

Answer 10

qualitative is about quality...it is about opinions rather than data.
quantitive is about quantity. how much data there is. how many think such a thing. this is found by Yes/No questions for example.