Empirical Research Task
An Empirical Research Task is a research task that involves empirical analysis (that presents empirical evidence).
- AKA: Experimental Research.
- Context:
- Input: Empirical Hypothesis.
- Task Outcome: Rejected Hypothesis or a Confirmed Hypothesis/Non-Rejected Hypothesis.
- It can range from being an Applied Research Task to being a Basic Empirical Research Task.
- It can (typically) perform one or more Designed Studies.
- It can range from being a Qualitative Analysis to being a Quantitative Analysis.
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- Example(s):
- Empirical Physics Research.
- Empirical Chemistry Research.
- Empirical Biology Research.
- Empirical Computing Science Research.
- Empirical Machine Learning Research.
- Empirical Data Mining Research.
- Empirical Text Mining Research,
- Empirical Information Extraction Research,
- Empirical Natural Language Processing Research,
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Empirical, Experimental.
References
2013
- (Wikipedia, 2013) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_research
- Empirical research is a way of gaining knowledge by means of direct and indirect observation or experience. Empirical evidence (the record of one's direct observations or experiences) can be analyzed quantitatively or qualitatively. Through quantifying the evidence or making sense of it in qualitative form, a researcher can answer empirical questions, which should be clearly defined and answerable with the evidence collected (usually called data). Research design varies by field and by the question being investigated. Many researchers combine qualitative and quantitative forms of analysis to better answer questions which cannot be studied in laboratory settings, particularly in the social sciences and in education.
In some fields, quantitative research may begin with a research question (e.g., "Does listening to vocal music during the learning of a word list have an effect on later memory for these words?") which is tested through experimentation in a lab. Usually, a researcher has a certain theory regarding the topic under investigation. Based on this theory some statements, or hypotheses, will be proposed (e.g., "Listening to vocal music has a negative effect on learning a word list."). From these hypotheses predictions about specific events are derived (e.g., "People who study a word list while listening to vocal music will remember fewer words on a later memory test than people who study a word list in silence."). These predictions can then be tested with a suitable experiment. Depending on the outcomes of the experiment, the theory on which the hypotheses and predictions were based will be supported or not.[1]
- Empirical research is a way of gaining knowledge by means of direct and indirect observation or experience. Empirical evidence (the record of one's direct observations or experiences) can be analyzed quantitatively or qualitatively. Through quantifying the evidence or making sense of it in qualitative form, a researcher can answer empirical questions, which should be clearly defined and answerable with the evidence collected (usually called data). Research design varies by field and by the question being investigated. Many researchers combine qualitative and quantitative forms of analysis to better answer questions which cannot be studied in laboratory settings, particularly in the social sciences and in education.
2009
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=empirical%20research
- S: (n) empirical research (an empirical search for knowledge)
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=empirical
- S: (adj) empirical, empiric (derived from experiment and observation rather than theory) "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
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- (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical
- The word empirical denotes information gained by means of observation, experience, or experiment. [1] A central concept in science and the scientific method is that all evidence must be empirical, or empirically based, that is, dependent on evidence or consequences that are observable by the senses. It is usually differentiated from the philosophic usage of empiricism by the use of the adjective "empirical" or the adverb "empirically." "Empirical" as an adjective or adverb is used in conjunction with both the natural and social sciences, and refers to the use of working hypotheses that are testable using observation or experiment. In this sense of the word, scientific statements are subject to and derived from our experiences or observations. Empirical data are data that are produced by experiment or observation.
- http://ec.wmich.edu/glossary/prog-glossary.htf#D-F
- Experimental research Scientific investigation in which an investigator manipulates and controls one or more independent variables to determine their effects on the outcome (dependent) variable.
- (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_research
- Applied research is research accessing and using some part of the research communities' (the academy's) accumulated theories, knowledge, methods, and techniques, for a specific, often state, commercial, or client driven purpose. Applied research is often contrasted with pure research in debates about research ideals, programs, and projects.
1978
- (Box et al., 1978) ⇒ George E.P. Box, William G Hunter, and J Stuart Hunter. (1978). “Statistics for Experimenters: An Introduction to Design, Data Analysis, and Model Building." John Wiley & Sons. ISBN:0471093157
- QUOTE: Scientific research is a process of guided learning. The object of statistical methods is to make that process as efficient as possible.
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/empirical_research Retrieved:2015-8-19.
- Empirical research is research using empirical evidence. It is a way of gaining knowledge by means of direct and indirect observation or experience. Empiricism values such research more than other kinds. Empirical evidence (the record of one's direct observations or experiences) can be analyzed quantitatively or qualitatively. Through quantifying the evidence or making sense of it in qualitative form, a researcher can answer empirical questions, which should be clearly defined and answerable with the evidence collected (usually called data). Research design varies by field and by the question being investigated. Many researchers combine qualitative and quantitative forms of analysis to better answer questions which cannot be studied in laboratory settings, particularly in the social sciences and in education.
In some fields, quantitative research may begin with a research question (e.g., "Does listening to vocal music during the learning of a word list have an effect on later memory for these words?") which is tested through experimentation. Usually, a researcher has a certain theory regarding the topic under investigation. Based on this theory some statements, or hypotheses, will be proposed (e.g., "Listening to vocal music has a negative effect on learning a word list."). From these hypotheses predictions about specific events are derived (e.g., "People who study a word list while listening to vocal music will remember fewer words on a later memory test than people who study a word list in silence."). These predictions can then be tested with a suitable experiment. Depending on the outcomes of the experiment, the theory on which the hypotheses and predictions were based will be supported or not, [1] or may need to be modified and then subjected to further testing.
- Empirical research is research using empirical evidence. It is a way of gaining knowledge by means of direct and indirect observation or experience. Empiricism values such research more than other kinds. Empirical evidence (the record of one's direct observations or experiences) can be analyzed quantitatively or qualitatively. Through quantifying the evidence or making sense of it in qualitative form, a researcher can answer empirical questions, which should be clearly defined and answerable with the evidence collected (usually called data). Research design varies by field and by the question being investigated. Many researchers combine qualitative and quantitative forms of analysis to better answer questions which cannot be studied in laboratory settings, particularly in the social sciences and in education.