evidence-based
Proven by research
Evidence-based describes practices, policies, or decisions grounded in verified research rather than tradition, intuition, or anecdote: evidence-based medicine, evidence-based policy.
The term gained prominence in healthcare, where it means integrating clinical expertise with the best available scientific studies.
Now applied broadly: We need evidence-based approaches to education reform.
Facts for analysis
- metricsStandards for assessment
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
- statisticsCollected numerical information
measurement · correlation · causation · inference · benchmarking · indicators · analytics · validation
Identification of illness
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
- protocolsEstablished codes of conduct
- patient-careMedical treatment services
therapeutics · interventions · healthcare · prognosis · outcomes · efficacy · prescribing · screening
Formal procedural framework
- meta-analysisCombined study statistics
- peer-reviewedEvaluated by field experts
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
publication · findings · study · analysis · synthesis · rigor · longitudinal · cross-sectional
Demonstration of truth
- substantiationProof of truth
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
justification · confirmation · authentication · reliability · soundness · fact-checking · sourcing · audit
Process of choosing actions
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- effectivenessSuccess in producing results
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- implementationPutting plans into effect
reform · legislation · governance · cost-benefit · stakeholders · transparency · regulation · advocacy
data
Facts for analysis
- metricsStandards for assessment
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
statistics · measurement · correlation · causation · inference · benchmarking · indicators · analytics · validation · reliability
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
- protocolsEstablished codes of conduct
patient-care · therapeutics · interventions · healthcare · prognosis · outcomes · efficacy · prescribing · screening · prevention
methodology
Formal procedural framework
- meta-analysisCombined study statistics
- peer-reviewedEvaluated by field experts
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
hypothesis · publication · findings · study · analysis · synthesis · rigor · longitudinal · cross-sectional · reproducibility
proof
Demonstration of truth
- substantiationProof of truth
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
credibility · justification · confirmation · authentication · reliability · soundness · fact-checking · sourcing · audit · triangulation
decision-making
Process of choosing actions
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- effectivenessSuccess in producing results
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
implementation · reform · legislation · governance · cost-benefit · stakeholders · transparency · regulation · advocacy · think-tank
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- critical thinkingcritical thinking, reasoning, logic puzzles, analysis, inference
- Eduspeakpedagogy, curriculum mapping, scaffolding, rubric, formative
- policy adjectivesfiscal, domestic, foreign, federal, national
- decisionschoice, make a decision, choices, yes, no
- Informativeeducational, helpful, useful, detailed, factual
evidence-basedbaseless
Lacking factual support
groundless · unfounded · unsubstantiated · unsupported · proofless
evidence-basedfaith-based
Grounded in spiritual belief
anecdotal · intuitive · dogmatic · ideological · impressionistic
evidence-basedpseudoscientific
Pretending to be factual
unscientific · irrational · quackery · folk medicine · alternative
base, evidence, evident, based, evidently, evidences, evince, counter-evidence, self-evidence