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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>social science number</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="social-engineering.html" title="social engineering"/><link rel="next" href="sock-puppet.html" title="sock puppet"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">social science number</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="social-engineering.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sock-puppet.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="social-science-number"/><dt xmlns="" id="social-science-number"><b>social science number</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">//</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [IBM] A statistic that is <a href="../C/content-free.html"><i class="glossterm">content-free</i></a>, or
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nearly so. A measure derived via methods of questionable validity from
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data of a dubious and vague nature. Predictively, having a social science
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number in hand is seldom much better than nothing, and can be considerably
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worse. As a rule, <a href="../M/management.html"><i class="glossterm">management</i></a> loves them. See also
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