exactimate
exactimate: a combination of estimate and exact.
(a) referring to the fallacy of ‘truth’ as obtainable through scientific practices.
(b) a synonym of bs
(c) efforts made to convince others of a claim of which you yourself are unconvinced.
(d) a tactic that is often used when writing papers in the social sciences and natural sciences . . .sometimes with the aide of statistics.
the student had absolutely no idea what her data meant regarding the theory of social capital. however, p-ssing her dissertation demanded that she convince others that her data did indeed say “something”. since social capital theory seemed like a safe bet, she decided she would exactimate and hope not to be caught. she figured that statistics might help create a veil over her exactimation, and she was correct.
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opposite of an “estimate”
the estimate was a little off – the exactimate comes to $58.25.
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