observational

adjective

Definition of observationalnext
as in empirical
based on observation or experience her reports on the great apes were based on firsthand observational evidence

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  1. empirical
  2. experimental
  3. objective
Adjective
  • The trio all hired the best-in-class consultants and advisers to handle the practical day-to-day grind, and usually persuaded the bosses that the empirical evidence offered a rational prescription.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Although the nation’s intelligence agencies have been divided over COVID’s origins, no empirical evidence has ever been published to support the lab-leak theory.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of empirical
Adjective
  • Considered by the space agency as a 30-day technology demonstration of no more than five experimental test flights, the 4-pound chopper performed 72 flights for nearly three years at Mars.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Her doctor, Jayme Locke, then an abdominal transplant surgeon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, had previously led short-term pig kidney transplants in brain-dead recipients and suggested the experimental procedure as a last resort.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of experimental
Adjective
  • And, since a higher EQ is linked to all sorts of positive subjective and objective career benefits, including superior management and leadership skills, a positive appreciation of candidates’ impression management during the interview is in effect an accurate validation of their EQ.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The Public Policy Institute of California, a think tank that conducts vigorous and objective research into vital state issues, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a series of retrospective reports.
    Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of objective
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