Empirical: Data, Finding, and Method, Defined
Empirical data: data produced by an experiment or observation.
Empirical Finding: Something that is observed from real-world observation or data, in contrast to something that is deduced from theory.
Empirical Method: Simplified method of design justified by experience or testing.
A central concept in modern 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. The term 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
