The word quantitative is made from the Latin word quantitas and the suffix -ive. What does
quantitative mean?
Job performance is best evaluated by quantitative standards that should apply to all employees,
regardless of their job description.
A.easily understood
B.measuring an amount
C. applying with fairness
D.frequently criticized
In order to understand what quantitative means, you have to understand what quantity means. That comes from the Old French word quantite, which is from the Latin quantitas (as you mentioned with quantitative.). Quantitas comes from quantas, meaning "how great" or "how much." "-ive" is just an adjective-forming suffix. Of the choices, B is the only one showing "amount", so B. measuring an amount is the answer.
