Empirical Evidence

Definition of Empirical Evidence

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Empirical Evidence: Evidence that can be observed through the senses, it can be seen, touched, heard, smelled, tasted and, to some extent, measured. This is the only form of evidence acceptable to positivism which describes social science as the study of a social world deemed to be external to the observer and proceeding with the researcher being a neutral ‘observer’ of that external world.

Empirical Evidence: Resources

Notes and References

• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Empirical Evidence. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada