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Qualitative

Relating to quality; having the character of quality.

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Soft 84% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Soft 84% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Descriptive anthropology noun · 86% connection

the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies

Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Research methods, Qualitative methods, Sociological research.
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Ethnography noun · 86% connection

That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnolog…

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Group noun · 85% connection

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a grou…

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Interview noun · 85% connection

A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretar…

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Question noun · 85% connection

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

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Sample noun · 85% connection

Example; pattern.

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Sample distribution noun · 85% connection

items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

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Sampling noun · 85% connection

measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)

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Sight verb · 85% connection

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

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Survey verb · 85% connection

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surro…

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View noun · 85% connection

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Numeric noun · 84% connection

Alt. of Numerical

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Numerical noun · 84% connection

Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numeri…

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Acceptance sampling noun · 84% connection

a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents; involves determining the maximum number of def…

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Batch verb · 84% connection

The quantity of bread baked at one time.

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Bracket noun · 84% connection

An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a d…

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Chunk noun · 84% connection

A short, thick piece of anything.

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Collect verb · 84% connection

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

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Allelomorph noun · 78% connection

(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and t…

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Black book unknown · 78% connection

One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the c…

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Blank adjective · 78% connection

Of a white or pale color; without color.

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Byte noun · 78% connection

a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information

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Charact noun · 78% connection

A distinctive mark; a character; a letter or sign. [Obs.] See Character.

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Character noun · 78% connection

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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Character reference noun · 78% connection

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;…

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Characteristic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thin…

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Child noun · 78% connection

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate o…

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Degrade verb · 78% connection

To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degra…

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Depravity noun · 78% connection

The state of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or hea…

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