Although the integration of a Union citizen is, in fact, based on territorial and time factors, it is also based
on qualitative elements.
One of the biggest appeals of eliminating
the qualitative element that dominated the industry for so long is that quants sever the tie between emotions and decisions.
The ecological model makes sense only in so far as
these qualitative elements of environment are given a reality as real as the material objects around us.
That prompted Justice Martin Jenkins to assert that «there must be
a qualitative element in every classroom.»
While this tenet is primarily
a qualitative element, the * Buffett (Hagstrom) screen in Stock Investor Pro looks for positive operating profit over each of the last seven years (five years in the standard version of Stock Investor) as a basic test for consistent performance (see Figure 1).
The Court's central argument was that the right to permanent residence could not be based on purely formal considerations such as the time physically spent in a Member State's territory, but must also take into account «
qualitative elements, relating to the level of integration in the host Member State» (para 25).
It will use a mixed - methods approach, comprising quantitative and
qualitative elements that will primarily measure impact but also include process and output indicators.