Acceptance rate, edit distance, and what neither measures

Two metrics that are available, neither of which answers the question anybody is asking.

  acceptance rate      41% of suggestions accepted
  edit distance after
    acceptance          median 18 characters changed

what these do not tell you:

  whether the accepted code is correct
  whether it would have been written differently and
    better without the suggestion
  whether the time saved writing was spent reviewing
  whether a rejected suggestion cost time to read

the counterfactual is unavailable, which is the whole
measurement problem.

A high acceptance rate is compatible with a tool that produces plausible code and with one that produces correct code, and nothing in the telemetry distinguishes them. The only measurement that would settle it is defect rate over time, which moves for a dozen other reasons and needs years — so what is left is judgement, honestly labelled as judgement.