soft data

soft data
soft data UK US noun [U]
information about things that are difficult to measure such as people's opinions or feelings: »

Is it considered acceptable to rely on soft data as well as hard statistics?

See also DATA(Cf. ↑data), HARD DATA(Cf. ↑hard data)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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