ratiobased
Ratiobased is an adjective used to describe methods, analyses, or designs that rely primarily on ratios—the relative relationship between two quantities—rather than on absolute figures.
In mathematics and statistics, ratio-based approaches use ratios such as rates, odds ratios, or normalized proportions
Applications occur across fields. In finance, analysts use financial ratios such as price-to-earnings and debt-to-equity to
Advantages of ratiobased methods include easy comparability across differently sized samples, scale invariance, and intuitive interpretation.
Because many fields mix ratio-based reasoning with other metrics, ratiobased concepts often appear as part of