empirical research

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   an empirical search for knowledge

   Broaderinquiry

Questions about empirical research

What does empirical research mean?

empirical research means "an empirical search for knowledge".

Is empirical research a common word?

empirical research is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.