empirical support
collocation in Englishmeaningsofempiricalandsupport
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withsupport.
empirical
adjective
uk/ɪmˈpɪr.ɪ.kəl/us/emˈpɪr.ɪ.kəl/
based on what is experienced or seen rather than ...
See more atempirical
support
noun
uk/səˈpɔːt/us/səˈpɔːrt/
agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group, ...
See more atsupport
(Definition ofempiricalandsupportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofempirical support
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
There isempiricalsupportfor the ' use it or lose it ' mechanism for both the structural and the functional aspects of social relations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is interesting that this distinction receivesempiricalsupportfrom an unexpected direction.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The second, epistemological problem associated with theempiricalsupportfor internalization seems much more difficult, at least at first sight.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Empiricalsupportwould come from the existence of the colloquial variants mentioned briefly in section 4.5 above.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thoughempiricalsupportfor this theory can be readily observed, social scientists all too often fail to examine carefully instances in which the theory fails.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Significantempiricalsupportis found for all three comparative statics results and for most of the specific hypotheses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Empiricalsupportfor this claim comes from the distribution of idiom chunks and from reconstruction effects in relative clauses containing anaphors and bound pronouns.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To lendempiricalsupportfor the viability of the classifications, we assessed correlations of the classifications with word classes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, there is mixedempiricalsupportthat employee stock ownership improves profits or productivity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These ideas have also received considerableempiricalsupport.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Unidirectional, bi-directional and non-causal pathways have been proposed with someempiricalsupport.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The results of this study provide someempiricalsupportfor the hypothesised links between selfdetermination theory, self-regulated learning, learner autonomy, and metacognition.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If analysis devoid ofempiricalsupportis of only temporary interest, predictions without an accompanying analysis can be misleading, sometimes deeply so.
From theCambridge English Corpus
More sharply than normative support,empiricalsupporthas fallen over the same period, 1997 + 2001.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To the extent that those predictions are borne out, the theory accruesempiricalsupport.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Someempiricalsupportfor the difference in syllable composition, however, may come from 'first attestations'.
From theCambridge English Corpus
On the other hand, the managerial power perspective does garner someempiricalsupportin the financial economics literature on executive compensation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Our evidence provides someempiricalsupportfor the role of nonfundamental rational expectations in economic fluctuations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In this section we provideempiricalsupportfor the two main claims of this paper.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This theory, however, has not found muchempiricalsupport.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofempirical
Go to the definition ofsupport
See other collocations withsupport