BETA= Beta = Beta HCG - it is a bloodtest to see if you are pregnant or not. A quanatative beta just let you now Yes or No. A Qualitative beta gives a number of how much HCG (The pregnancy hormone) is in your system. Most doctor's like to see this number double every 48 to 72 hours when you are pg.
Kat, quantitative and qualitative are reversed there. Quantitative = quantity or number. Qualitative is just the yes or no. Bet you knew that and this was just an oops. :-)
Sorry, I haven't posted enough times it, the site will not allow me to do that. It's under newbies --- Abbreviations -- It's in that really long list of abbreviations that everyone uses on this site.
Small Problem in Abbreviations Section 
