empirical scrutiny
collocation in Englishmeaningsofempiricalandscrutiny
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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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scrutiny
noun[U]
uk/ˈskruː.tɪ.ni/us/ˈskruː.t̬ən.i/
the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information ...
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(Definition ofempiricalandscrutinyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Furthermore, both of these issues have been subjected to intenseempiricalscrutiny.
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Indeed, it suggested that the traditional distinction between learning and biological maturation might not stand up toempiricalscrutiny.
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How do the arguments in this book hold up againstempiricalscrutiny?
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One would expect that these statements would have beens the subject of intenseempiricalscrutinybut, somewhat surprisingly, this is not the case.
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Intriguing as it is, such speculation will clearly need to be submitted to carefulempiricalscrutiny.
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However, their results suggest that such "truisms" do not stand up toempiricalscrutiny.
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In addition, researchers should subject these definitions toempiricalscrutiny.
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Empiricalscrutinymight even reveal cross-cutting malapportionment: for example, the lower chamber might overrepresent urban areas, whereas the upper chamber might overrepresent rural areas.
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As noted earlier, one of the predicaments of political science is that the field contains so many theories, so few of which have been thoroughly subjected to rigorousempiricalscrutiny.
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This article has subjected this assumption of process homogeneity toempiricalscrutinyby analysing how economic evaluations and political events affect the dynamics of presidential approval among men and women.
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To the still existing works of art, he applied a minuteempiricalscrutiny.
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