The phrase "a qualitative judgment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing assessments or evaluations that are based on qualities or characteristics rather than numerical measurements.
Example: "The committee made a qualitative judgment about the candidates' suitability for the position based on their experiences and personal attributes."
Alternatives: "a qualitative assessment" or "a qualitative evaluation".
Take the former P&G CEO A.G. Lafley, who attributes the most successful decision of his career to a qualitative judgment.
In this context, validation should include three aspects: a description of the relevant uncertainties, quantitative measurement results and a qualitative judgment that considers the needs of users.
MACBETH employs a non-numerical interactive questioning procedure that compares two stimuli at a time, requesting only a qualitative judgment about their difference of attractiveness.
While I'm passionate about male fragrance, I have excluded perfumes on the basis that they are too personal to make a qualitative judgment (but Chanel Pour Monsieur, Dior Eau Sauvage and Thierry Mugler Cologne, if you're asking).
(William Drew, the group editor of the World's 50 Best, said that the regions are redrawn every year, according to such factors as culinary history, population size, G.D.P., and standard of living, but he admitted that "ultimately it's a qualitative judgment").
It's a qualitative judgment, which is harder to size up.
To determine if the PET/CT scans performed with a low dose of radiotracer (group B) were effectively "diagnostic" such as those performed with a standard dose of radiotracer (group A), we asked to two expert nuclear medicine physicians (CN, PLG), unaware of the administered activity, to review the scans and express a final qualitative judgment in terms of "diagnostic or non-diagnostic scan".
To determine if the scans with low radiotracer activity were "diagnostic" such as those with standard activity, two expert nuclear medicine physicians, unaware of the administered activity, independently reviewed the scans and expressed a final qualitative judgment in terms of "diagnostic"/ non-diagnostic" scan.
If I could slow down I'd write down my criteria for a Cobb salad — qualitative judgment for liking a Cobb salad".
It requires goal setting, quality evaluation, feedback and a lot of qualitative judgment.
Finally, the qualitative judgment of what is a patient's best interest cannot be made without reference to his own preferences.
