metricbased
Metricbased is a descriptor used for approaches, systems, or evaluations that rely primarily on quantitative metrics to guide analysis, decision making, or optimization. The term is sometimes written as metrics-based or data-driven, but metricbased emphasizes the role of predefined measurements as the foundation for assessment rather than qualitative judgment alone.
In practice, metricbased methods appear across fields such as software engineering, business analytics, education, and healthcare.
Core concepts include metric selection, measurement validity, reliability, and potential for metric drift. Systems may use
Benefits include objectivity, comparability, repeatability, and traceability of decisions. Challenges include metric manipulation, focus on metrics
See also: KPI, data-driven decision making, performance metric, measurement theory.