"empirical research" meaning in English

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        "Research that bases its findings on direct or indirect observation as its test of reality."
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          "observation",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "research",
          "word": "實證研究"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shízhèng yánjiū",
          "sense": "research",
          "word": "实证研究"
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          "sense": "research",
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          "word": "empirisch onderzoek"
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          "sense": "research",
          "word": "empiirinen tutkimus"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "research",
      "word": "實證研究"
    },
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