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Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and

Porter, Theodore M. Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995.

Why this matters here

Porter studies quantitative objectivity as a form of institutional trust. The chapter cites that analysis for the legitimacy granted to credit scores, separately from Hacking's history of statistical categories.