empirics

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Noun

empirics

  1. plural of empiric
  2. Empirical evidence.
    • 1990, Norma L. Chaska, The Nursing Profession: Turning Points, page 249:
      The notion of retaining empirics may seem paradoxical when the tenets of holism and the requirements of empirics are scrutinized.
    • 2001, Donald R. Davis, David E. Weinstein, What Role for Empirics in International Trade?:
      At one time, this might have been rationalized by the paucity of empirics in the field or its weak theoretical foundations.
    • 2005, Charalambos G. Tsangarides, Growth Empirics Under Model Uncertainty: Is Africa Different?, page 16:
      This does not suggest that these determinants are not important in the growth empirics, but that they have a less important role than the ones we identify as "strongly" robust.

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