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Turns out you don't know. The word means expressing your claims in numbers and, by itself, does not imply support by data.
Usually "quantifying" is tightly coupled to being precise about your claims.
Usually "quantifying" is tightly coupled to being precise about your claims.
I'm confused. You wouldn't have claims to make before seeing the numbers in the first place. You communicate this claim to another, they ask you why, you show them the numbers. That's the typical process of events I'm used to, how is it wrong?