Comparative

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Comparative is using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.

Comparative may refer to:

Language

• Comparative, in the English language, a form of adjective or adverb
• Comparative case, a grammatical case used in the Mari language
• Comparative Critical Studies, a literary journal
• Comparative linguistics, a method used in the study of languages
• Comparative literature, a method used in the study of literature
• Comparative method, a technique used in the study of languages
• Quantitative comparative linguistics, a computational technique used in the study of languages

Social sciences

• Comparative education, a method used in the study of education
• Comparative Effectiveness, a term from health care intervention
• Comparative psychology, a method used in psychology
• Comparative sociology, a method used in sociology
• Historical comparative research, a technique of historical sociology
• Law of comparative judgment, a model of psychomeasurement and psychophysics

Government and law

• American Journal of Comparative Law, a journal
• Comparative government, a method used in political science
• Comparative law, a method used in the study of law
• Comparative negligence, a partial legal defense
• Comparative politics, a method used in political science
• Comparative responsibility, a term from tort law

Biology

• Comparative anatomy, a technique used in the study of anatomy
• Comparative biology, a technique of biology
• Comparative cognition, a branch of biology
• Comparative genomics, a method used in genetics
• Comparative genomic hybridization, a technique of genetics
• Comparative neuropsychology, a technique for studying the brain
• Comparative physiology, a technique used in physiology
• Integrative and Comparative Biology, a journal
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard University
• Phylogenetic comparative methods, techniques used in the study of phylogeny

Cultural studies

• Comparative cultural studies, the study of cultures from a cross-cultural point of view
• Comparative history, a technique used in the study of history
• Comparative mythology, a method used in the study of mythology
• Comparative religion, a method used in the study of religion
• Comparative research, a cross-cultural technique
• List of Muslim comparative religionists, a who's who of muslims engaged in comparative islamic studies
• Studies in Comparative Religion, a journal

Philosophy

• Comparative contextual analysis, an epistemological method
• Comparative phenomenology, a method of philosophy
• Qualitative comparative analysis, a technique of logic

Economics

• Comparative advantage, a law of economics
• Comparative advertising, a marketing technique
• Comparative economic systems, a method of economics
• Comparative statics, a method of economics

See also

• Comparator
• Comparison

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