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Jun 17, 20261 min read

The McNamara Fallacy

The McNamara Fallacy involves making a decision based solely on quantitative observations (metrics) and ignoring all other qualitative factors. it assumes that what cannot be measured easily is either not important or does not exist.

management statistics bias logic metrics

Antithesis: holistic-management See Also: goodharts-law, campbells-law version-01


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