comparative judgment

noun

1. psychol any judgment about whether there is a difference between two or more stimuli Compare absolute judgment

Example Sentences

We’ve yet to drive an Expedition with the new Ecoboost V6, so we’ll have to skip passing comparative judgment for now.

From Forbes

The debate could prove critical to the survival of the euro currency union in its present form, and in a sense boils down to a comparative judgment: Are Greece’s problems so different and so much worse that it legitimately needs more time to fix itself?

From Washington Post

The survey confirmed this indictment by posing situations in which respondents had to pass comparative judgment on various types of miscreants, "respectable" and otherwise.

From Time Magazine Archive

The effort to maintain neutrality on the air apparently permitted a jaded response to the whole event, but not a comparative judgment of the two candidates' performances.

From Time Magazine Archive

In reference to these differences, I think only that degree of care need be exercised which good comparative judgment provides.

From Project Gutenberg