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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry > administrative management > risk analysis > risk assessment > qualitative risk assessment
Preferred Term:

qualitative risk assessment

Definition:
A risk assessment based on data which, although insufficient for numerical risk estimations, allows risk ranking or separation into descriptive categories of risk and identification of inherent uncertainty.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
risk assessment
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • qualitative risk analysis
  • qualitative risk model
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/137015
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