empirical approach
collocation in Englishmeaningsofempiricalandapproach
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empirical
adjective
uk/ɪmˈpɪr.ɪ.kəl/us/emˈpɪr.ɪ.kəl/
based on what is experienced or seen rather than ...
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approach
noun
uk/əˈprəʊtʃ/us/əˈproʊtʃ/
a way of considering or ...
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Such anempiricalapproachis quite amenable to expansion when applied to new domains.
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Anempiricalapproachto the construction of semantic relatedness rating tests generally optimized efficiency in participants' responses, unlike the arbitrary rating formats.
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Section 2 discusses methodological issues, including the conceptual andempiricalapproach, and the data used.
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We therefore need to use anempiricalapproachto identifying good parsing strategies.
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They bring a rigorousempiricalapproachto research, providing a challenge task, experimentation, empirical validation and comparison of results, and replication.
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It was chosen as a compromise between a simpleempiricalapproachand a more detailed theoretically rigorous model.
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Of course, it remains a problem to decide whichempiricalapproachwill best advance understanding of a given question.
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In fact, proof of nonexistence is beyond the scope of anyempiricalapproach.
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In theempiricalapproach, these assumptions are either forgotten or they are based on a naive model of a queue system.
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We urge a more complex and moreempiricalapproachin explaining treatment choice and guidelines sensitive to the potential for value differences.
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In these contexts, anempiricalapproachis required to carry out policy analysis and derive reliable production, income, and employment elasticity estimates.
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Indeed, anempiricalapproachis held up as prior to, and standing aside from, these interpretations.
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The value of this book consists in its carefulempiricalapproach.
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In addition to identifying covariates on a conceptual basis, we also adopted anempiricalapproach.
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This conclusion was reached whether we assumed neuroticism to be a measure of vulnerability, or considered a moreempiricalapproachbased on canonical correlations.
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Empiricalapproachto estimating the composition of the continental crust.
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In science in general and in clinical medicine in particular, the tentativeempiricalapproachwas crucial.
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Clearly, these practices demand an on-siteempiricalapproach.
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Anempiricalapproachis required to determine both the magnitude and the signs of impacts of exogenous policy, market, and environmental shocks in these cases.
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Anempiricalapproachfor determining the critical threshold is based on permutation tests.
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