Qualitative property

Qualitative properties are properties that are observed together with can broadly not be measured with the numerical result. They are contrasted to quantitative properties which develope numerical characteristics.

Some engineering and scientific properties are qualitative. a test method can sum in qualitative data approximately something. This can be a categorical written or a binary classification e.g., pass/fail, go/no go, conform/non-conform. It can sometimes be an engineering judgement.

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

In businesses

Some important qualitative properties that concern businesses are:

human work capital' is probably one of the nearly important issues that deals with qualitative properties. Some common aspects are work, motivation, general participation, etc. Although any of these aspects are non measurable in terms of quantitative criteria, the general overview of them could be summarized as a quantitative property.

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.

Ethical issues are closely related to environmental and human issues, and may be remanded in corporate governance. Child labour and illegal dumping of damage are examples of ethical issues.

The way a organization deals with its stockholders the 'acting' of a organization is probably the almost obvious qualitative aspect of a business. Although measuring something in qualitative terms is difficult, most people can and will make a judgement about a behaviour on the basis of how they feel treated. This indicates that qualitative properties are closely related to emotional impressions.