empirical justification
collocation in Englishmeaningsofempiricalandjustification
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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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justification
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌdʒʌs.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdʒʌs.tə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a good reason or explanation ...
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(Definition ofempiricalandjustificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The currentempiricaljustificationfor this strategy is poor.
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An application to the live cattle market provided theempiricaljustificationand demonstrated the construction of such indices.
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But there appears to be noempiricaljustificationfor making such an assumption, and the argument falls apart from there.
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In fact, if the manifold is abstracted from rigid bodies which give itempiricaljustification, then illusory bodies will produce fictive manifolds.
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Such conclusions are questionable withoutempiricaljustificationfor that assumption.
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The limited literature regarding evidence-based interventions is then examined, as are the intervention concepts that have someempiricaljustification.
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Currently, there is not enough evidence in the economic historiography to attempt itsempiricaljustification.
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Theempiricaljustificationfor the construction of the familial loadings is twofold (data available on request).
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Lawton, they state, believed that ' the right to a decent environment was an inalienable right and required noempiricaljustification' (p. 25).
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That, however, does not completely absolve the linguist from the responsibility ofempiricaljustification, especially when the model is intended to capture aspects of linguistic performance.
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Those academics know only too well that the formulae used have littleempiricaljustification, and the coefficients employed in them when applied have even less.
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There is noempiricaljustificationfor the proposed change.
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One would expect to seeempiricaljustificationfor the forecasting methods that were used.
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The present study may give some empirical justifications for this phenomenon.
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