Qualitative property

Qualitative properties are properties that are observed and can generally not be measured with a numerical result.

Some engineering and scientific properties are qualitative. A

The data that all share a qualitative property form a nominal category. A variable which codes for the presence or absence of such a property is called a binary categorical variable, or equivalently a dummy variable.

In businesses

Some important qualitative properties that concern businesses are:

Environmental issues are in some cases quantitatively measurable, but other properties are qualitative e.g.: environmentally friendly manufacturing, responsibility for the entire life of a product (from the raw-material till scrap), attitudes towards safety, efficiency, and minimum waste production.

• Categorical variable
• Level of measurement
• Qualitative research
• Quantitative research
• Statistical data type

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