Määrällistä

Määrällistä is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective määrällinen, meaning quantitative or numerical. The term is used to describe data, measurements, or research approaches that can be expressed with numbers, and it is commonly contrasted with laadullinen (qualitative), which focuses on non-numerical information, meanings, or attributes.

In practice, määrällistä is used to characterize data sets, methods, or analyses that rely on measurement and statistics. Common phrases include määrällista tietoa (quantitative information/data), määrällisiä mittareita (quantitative metrics), and määrällistä tutkimusta (quantitative research). This form often appears in academic writing, surveys, and statistical reporting to distinguish numerical from non-numerical observations.

Linguistic notes: määrällistä is the partitive singular form applied when the adjective modifies a noun in the partitive case, for example määrällistä tietoa or määrällisiä mittareita. Finnish adjectives of the -inen type follow standard inflection rules, changing endings to reflect case and number. The base concept behind määrällinen is related to amount, count, and measurement, and the term is widely used in science, social sciences, and education.

See also: qualitative, kvantitatiivinen. The Finnish term kvantitatiivinen is a common synonym in technical contexts, while qualitatitive terms are often rendered as laadullinen.