empirical investigation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofempiricalandinvestigation
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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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investigation
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˌves.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌves.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of examining a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover ...
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(Definition ofempiricalandinvestigationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But this problem is left for futureempiricalinvestigation.
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To understand these dynamics,empiricalinvestigationof the causes and modelling of the processes underlying population change are required.
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There has been very limited theoretical andempiricalinvestigationon this latter issue.
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However, construction grammar focuses on actual language constructions in languages, and in this respect it provides us with a basis forempiricalinvestigation.
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A theoretical perspective that is well suited to guiding theempiricalinvestigationof such pathways may be found in the field of developmental psychopathology.
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I say 'possibly' as, for the moment, this is still a matter ofempiricalinvestigation.
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Thisempiricalinvestigationis used to reflect on theoretical questions concerning the role of business associations in bringing companies to participate in social programmes.
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Hence, to fill the gap in research,empiricalinvestigationusing children of a tonal language is warranted.
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Understanding the practice of reference requires theempiricalinvestigationof naturally occurring social interaction.
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I regard the relations between any such spaces as a matter forempiricalinvestigation.
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Alternatively, support for these interpretations could derive fromempiricalinvestigationof listeners' perceptions of musical meanings.
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Issues of context are a key aspect in theempiricalinvestigationof issues of understanding and the production of coherent talk.
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In factempiricalinvestigationreveals that leisure time centred on the home and family.
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A final observation that can be made is that, whilst the mask motif has been developed conceptually,empiricalinvestigationis considerably less advanced.
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But the degree of plasticity in adult self-representation allowing for revision of that identification is a matter ofempiricalinvestigation.
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Virtually all of theempiricalinvestigationof popular support for democracy follows the same research methodology.
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Further conceptual development and more detailedempiricalinvestigation, then, constitute an agenda for further research.
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This book offers another, at times perplexing theory about conversation; but as anempiricalinvestigationof conversation, it is a hardscrabble venture.
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We carried out anempiricalinvestigationof the association between outcome frequency and methodological characteristics in a sample of health technology assessments.
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