empirical research
Data-driven study methods
Empirical research is investigation based on direct observation or experimentation rather than theory alone.
The term appears constantly in academic contexts, where it distinguishes studies that gather real-world data from purely theoretical or speculative work: The empirical research supports her hypothesis.
See also empirical.
- scientific methodStructured process for investigation
- effectResult of a cause
- experimental designStructured plan for research
- double blindStudy hiding group assignments
- lab workScientific testing and analysis
Vienna Circle · peer review · experience · hypothesis testing · ethnography · fieldwork · field study · meta-analysis · falsifiability · replication · statistical analysis · data analysis · raw data · econometrics · sample · number crunching · evidence · hard evidence
- researchstudy, researching, archive, peer review, investigating
- social sciencessociology, anthropology, psychology, economics, political science
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
- empiricismpositivism, inductive reasoning, Vienna Circle, verifiability, sensory experience
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- statisticsmean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation
empirical researchtheoretical
Based on hypothesis, untested
pure theory · armchair philosophy · hypothetical · deductive reasoning · abstract reasoning
empirical researchdogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
conjecture · speculation · received wisdom · revelation · intuition
empirical researchanecdotal evidence
Support from individual accounts
anecdote · casual observation · hearsay · personal experience · gut feeling
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