empirical literature

collocation in English

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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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literature
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪt.rə.tʃər/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.tʃɚ/
written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting ...
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The variants of the fear dysfunction hypothesis have generated a considerable body ofempiricalliterature.
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However, a largeempiricalliteraturehas confirmed that resource users in many cases cooperate, on occasion through democratic means.
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There was also anempiricalliterature, which was almost independent of the theoretical contributions.
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The paper considers some of theempiricalliteraturerelating to them.
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Following most of theempiricalliteratureon the economic effects of corruption, the paper uses cross-country regressions.
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Yet, theempiricalliteraturealmost never provides microfoundations for why deviations from forecast rationality may occur.
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The existing theory presumes time separability, but our evidence, as well as that in previousempiricalliterature, supports non-time-separability of preferences.
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However, theempiricalliteratureis mixed regarding the strength of these matches.
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This article reviews theempiricalliteraturepublished over the last 20 years on the effectiveness of interventions that target social isolation amongst older people.
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In thisempiricalliterature, there are indications (but little conclusive evidence) of an association between the temporal environmental heterogeneity and the amount of genetic variation.
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Is there anempiricalliteraturedocumenting its descriptive characteristics, course, family loading, biology, and/ or treatment response?
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We were able to fit in the model all the dimensions of organizational performance reported in theempiricalliterature.
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A diverse body ofempiricalliteraturerecognizes that investment can influence tenure security, yet this phenomenon has rarely been examined analytically.
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Firstly, some are generally insignificant in theempiricalliterature.
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Theempiricalliteraturesuggests the use of proxies to measure the political influence of interest groups.
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One reason why the driving forces of deforestation are still hard to pin down is that much of theempiricalliteratureconsists of cross-country studies.
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Empiricalliteratureon the development and prevention of internalizing disorders, particularly depression, is presented to support this argument.
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We then move on to review the smallempiricalliteratureon sleep in children and adolescents who have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
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Finally, after conducting a meta-analysis of the currentempiricalliteratureand reviewing its limitations, recommendations are made regarding future research in this area.
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Based on a review of the theoretical andempiricalliterature, a set of hypotheses was developed.
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