I think that pretty much sums up most social sciences research in general. It turns up lots of data with lots of correlations, but, since the issue of causation

I think that pretty much sums up most social sciences research in general. It turns up lots of data with lots of correlations, but, since the issue of causation probably fundamentally can't be resolved through observational studies (or, very often, any conceivable kind of study), the analysis is sometimes interesting, but rarely, if ever, actionable or useful.