empirical study
collocation in Englishmeaningsofempiricalandstudy
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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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study
noun
uk/ˈstʌd.i/us/ˈstʌd.i/
the activity of examining a subject in detail in order to discover ...
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(Definition ofempiricalandstudyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofempirical study
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Thisempiricalstudyaddresses this gap by exploring how expectations of (im)politeness are negotiated within an e-mail community.
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We carried out anempiricalstudyin the northwest of the country employing the method of rapid and anonymous street interactions.
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Empiricalstudyis indispensable for the evaluation and optimization of the practical performance of constraint-based processing systems.
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The six chapters cover meaning, ageism and retirement, a smallempiricalstudyby the author, loneliness in literature, benefits of loneliness and overcoming loneliness.
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Readers will come away with a good idea of what to consider when designing anempiricalstudy.
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The method followed in the construction of the hierarchies needed by the parser is based on anempiricalstudyon the structure of definition sentences.
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In sum, this new line of research shows promise for furtherempiricalstudy.
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And it does not take anempiricalstudyto see that this stronger claim is false.
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It is the type ofempiricalstudythat makes you happy to do applied theory, but more work is required along these lines.
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The smallempiricalstudythat was conducted has several limitations.
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It then describes anempiricalstudywhich explored the constructions of risk of service providers and users at a day hospital for older people.
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To our knowledge, this is the firstempiricalstudycomparing the acquisition of a new action word in these two languages.
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Anempiricalstudyof the classification of eating disorders.
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In particular, thisempiricalstudyhelps to illustrate the limitations of models that try to constrain all norms to a particular trajectory.
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To this end, this thesis advances a detailed theoretical andempiricalstudyto address both these research questions.
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This work's second strength lies in the author'sempiricalstudy.
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They offer the findings of a small but valuableempiricalstudywhich suggest subtle, rather than profound, shifts in fathers' involvement with their children.
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To answer such questions fully requires a social theory of privacy and more detachedempiricalstudy.
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Thus, ourempiricalstudyin this section does not intend to identify the herd effect as a cause of asset dependency in the real world.
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How can this be dealt with in anempiricalstudy?
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