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quant

quant

2 7.5
Using numbers and statistics to study or measure things
  • adjective
  • /kwɒnt/
  • Specialized
: cuantitativo
  • Many businesses now rely on quant methods to analyze large data sets and drive decision-making.
  • a quant fund

They'd much rather believe that their subjective opinion in a boardroom is right than black and white quant and qual data.

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Examples

  • He used quant analysis to predict market trends and assess investment risks.

  • - Are you telling me in your quant way, Frank, that we don't have any leads?

  • And that's this big problem that we solved where it's so easy to make a quant model that looks good.

  • So we are getting to the point now where you can get qual type insights at quant scale.

  • And both quant and qual researchers likely don't engage with too much mass media since the academic demands on their time are so great.

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  • Understanding quant techniques is essential for anyone interested in data-driven research.

Synonyms

quantitative
vsquant
42 5.9

Relating to amounts or measurements shown in numbers

focuses on numerical methods and statistical analysis rather than general measurement

How Quantitative

statistical
  • Specialized
131 4.1
quant
  • Specialized
2 7.5
semiquantitative
  • Specialized
1 7.6
qualitative
19 6.3

Surface Forms

quant positive

Etymology

Quant (adjective) is short for quantitative and comes from the Latin root quantus, meaning 'how much', the same root behind quantity. So a quant approach is one that measures things with numbers and statistics.