"evidence-based" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2017 October 9, Karl Mathiesen, “Tony Abbott says climate change is 'probably doing good'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "He told the GWPF Australia needed “evidence-based policy rather than policy-based evidence” and took aim at a 2013 study that showed that 97% of scientists agree humans are driving climate change, “as if scientific truth is determined by votes rather than facts”.",
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          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "apacʻucʻoġakan",
          "sense": "based only on actual evidence",
          "word": "ապացուցողական"
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          "sense": "based only on actual evidence",
          "word": "nachweisorientiert"
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          "sense": "based only on actual evidence",
          "word": "evidenzbasiert"
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      "roman": "apacʻucʻoġakan",
      "sense": "based only on actual evidence",
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