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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