Your professor may have required you to find empirical sources or empirical data.
According to LiveScience, empirical data is "Information that is acquired by observation or experimentation and is used to prove or disprove a hypothesis."
Think about your experience with:
Empirical articles are usually found in peer-reviewed journals. Words to look for in the title or abstract include:
Empirical articles will have sections similar to writing a lab report using the Scientific Method, such as Methods, Anyalysis, and Conclusion.
When looking at an article or the abstract of an article, here are some guidelines to use to decide if an article is an empirical article:
If you are not sure if an article is an empirical research article, share the article citation with a librarian and we can help!
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