Empirical vs. Testable — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Empirical and Testable
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Empirical
Relying on or derived from observation or experiment
Empirical results that supported the hypothesis.
Testable
A procedure for critical evaluation; a means of determining the presence, quality, or truth of something; a trial
A test of one's eyesight.
Subjecting a hypothesis to a test.
A test of an athlete's endurance.
Empirical
Verifiable or provable by means of observation or experiment
Empirical laws.
Testable
A series of questions, problems, or physical responses designed to determine knowledge, intelligence, or ability.
Empirical
Guided by practical experience and not theory, especially in medicine.
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Testable
A basis for evaluation or judgment
"A test of democratic government is how Congress and the president work together" (Haynes Johnson).
Empirical
Pertaining to or based on experience .
The lengths were calculated according to the empirical rules of the trade.
For some presumptive diagnoses, empirical antibiotic therapy begins immediately, whereas specific antibiotic therapy must await the results of the culture and sensitivity test.
Testable
(Chemistry) A physical or chemical change by which a substance may be detected or its properties ascertained.
Empirical
Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
Testable
A cupel.
Empirical
(philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.
Demonstrable with empirical evidence
Testable
To subject to a test; try
Tested the pen by scribbling on scrap paper.
Testing job applicants.
Empirical
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
Testable
To reveal the degree of (a given quality) in someone or something by or as if by means of a test
The experiment tested the rats' ability to solve spatial problems. The long war tested the country's resolve.
Empirical
Relying on medical quackery;
Empiric treatment
Testable
To identify the presence or amount of one or more substances in
Tested the water for lead.
Testable
To identify the amount of (a substance) in something
Tested the nitrogen and phosphorus in the soil.
Testable
To ascertain the properties of
Tested the steel for hardness and tensile strength.
Testable
To assay (metal) in a cupel.
Testable
To undergo a test.
Testable
To administer a test
Test for acid content.
Test for the presence of an antibody.
Testable
To achieve a score or rating on tests
Tested high on the entrance exams.
Testable
To exhibit a given characteristic when subjected to a test
Test positive for the tubercle bacillus.
Testable
Susceptible to being tested.
Testable
With respect to the scientific method, capable of being proven true or false.
Testable
(legal) Capable of being devised, or given by will.
Testable
Capable of being tested or proved.
Testable
Capable of being devised, or given by will.
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