What words can I use to substitute quantitative terms in a qualitative paper?

09 January 2025 1 683 Report

I am in the process of publishing a qualitative case study paper and I have used the following terms; correlated, significance and indirect effects to describe the qualitative results. However, I have been asked to change these terms as they are not qualitative terms but are quantitative terms. I'm not sure what I can substitute these words for, has anyone got an idea?

David L Morgan

For correlated, try "related" or even "strongly related."

For significant, try "substantial."

For indirect effect, spell out the path (e.g.," A is related to C through its connections to B.")

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