empirical inquiry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofempiricalandinquiry
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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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inquiry
noun
uk/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ri/us/ˈɪŋ.kwɚ.i/
(the process of asking) ...
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(Definition ofempiricalandinquiryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We should make patient roles a subject ofempiricalinquiryrather than speculation.
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In common with all such debates, which lack a common metric for understanding comparisons and contrasts, it is resistant toempiricalinquiry.
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But whether the one leads to the other in any particular instance is a matter forempiricalinquiry.
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Analytic judgments whose subject concepts contain all the predicates true about their objects appear to be, in that sense, the goal ofempiricalinquiry.
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There are two particular avenues ofempiricalinquirythat seem especially promising.
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On this practical approach, values like inclusion and moderation emerge in the course ofempiricalinquiry, and are ultimately judged as instruments of political stability.
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Every scientific endeavour and exactempiricalinquiryhas narration about observed phenomena at its core.
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If this statement is to be taken at face value, it represents a misunderstanding of the role of statistics inempiricalinquiry.
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These chronic victims have recently become the subject of increasedempiricalinquiry, perhaps because of concern that victimized children may be at risk for later adjustment difficulties.
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Empiricalinquiryinto these questions will enhance the possibility of developing a richer theory of law in action, one that will cope with issues of power, culture, dynamics and generalisation.
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Important principles of this ideology include freedom of choice, the uniqueness of the individual andempiricalinquirygrounded in objectivity.
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Important principles of this ideology include freedom of choice, the uniqueness of the individual, andempiricalinquirygrounded in objectivity.
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Another suggestion is that "case study" should be defined as a "research strategy", anempiricalinquiry that investigates a phenomenon within its real-life context.
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The overall methodological sophistication and quality of studies in this domain have increased over the years, as would be expected for any new area ofempiricalinquiry.
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Various empirical inquiries have been aimed at measuring academic self-efficacy.
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Computer simulation provides the capability to enter fields that are either inaccessible to traditional experimentation or where carrying out traditional empirical inquiries is prohibitively expensive.
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