Social science number

(IBM) A statistic that is content-free, or nearly so.

A measure derived via methods of questionable validity from data of a dubious and vague nature.

Predictively, having a social science number in hand is seldom much better than nothing, and can be considerably worse.

Management loves them.

See also numbers, math-out, pretty pictures.

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