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what's a "qualitative metric"?
by xixi77 11y ago
what's a "qualitative metric"?
- briantakita 11y agoIm thinking of a score on qualitative data. Understand that information is lost in its translation to numbers. It's also interpreted to have meaning. Also understand that values of those assigning the scores plays a large role. For example, an indigenous persob rating quality of life as a score is probably nonsensical to him/her.
- xixi77 11y agoall true -- scores are quantitative metrics though. And yes, rather imprecise and subjective, and a lot of information is lost at all stages. Is there a better way to compare things like a quality of life though? Hmm, perhaps something could be inferred from pairwise comparisons? There are many people out there who have experienced multiple lifestyles; alleviating biases would be really tricky though...