Vasteista

Vasteista is the elative plural form of the Finnish noun vaste, which means a response, answer, or reaction. The word is used to refer to multiple responses in contexts such as surveys, inquiries, experiments, or discussions.

In Finnish, vaste is declined like many other nouns. The nominative plural is vasteet, the genitive plural is vasteiden, and the elative plural is vasteista. The form vasteista specifically conveys the sense of “from the responses” or “of the responses.” This usage is common in statistical reports, research summaries, and journalism when referring to what respondents provided or how people answered a question.

Usage and nuance: Vasteista tends to appear in formal or analytical writing, especially in phrases such as “vasteista voidaan päätellä” (from the responses one can conclude) or “vasteista käy ilmi” (it is evident from the responses). It is a precise way to anchor conclusions to the material collected from respondents, rather than to general impressions.

Related terms include vaste (the generic noun for an individual response) and vastaus (answer), which is often used in more everyday contexts. Vaste is also used in research terminology to discuss collective responses rather than single replies or direct answers.

See also: vastaus, kysely, tutkimus, tilastotiedote.

Examples:

- Vasteista käy ilmi, että enemmistö osallistujista kannattaa muutosta.

- Kyselyn raportissa tarkastellaan vastauksia ja vasteita eri ryhmittymien mukaan; vasteista voidaan nähdä selkeä trendi.