While quantitative approaches are appropriate in natural sciences, their use in social science appears to be more often than not a pretext to back any preconcei

While quantitative approaches are appropriate in natural sciences, their use in social science appears to be more often than not a pretext to back any preconceived notion the author happens to have. It also appears to give any argument an air of objectivity, if you can point to some data that supports it. From conversations with social scientists I came to the conclusion, that their means of analysis are rather primitive. In most cases they also have no quantitative models (like in physics) to make predictions.