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VARIATIONS In a second sense "empirical" in science may be synonymous with "experimental." In this sense, an empirical result is an experimental observation. In this context, the term ''semi-empirical'' is used for qualifying theoretical methods which use in part basic Axiom s or postulated scientific laws and experimental results. Such methods are opposed to theoretical '' Ab Initio '' methods which are purely Deductive and based on First Principles . In Statistics , "empirical" quantities are those computed from Observed Value s, as opposed to those derived from theoretical considerations. The use of the adjective empirical, especially in scientific studies using Statistics , may also indicate that a particular Correlation between two parameters has been found, but that so far, no theory for the mechanism of the connection is known. Empirical does ''not'' refer to Empire s (e.g. Roman Empire ); it is sometimes used erroneously in this fashion. See Imperial as an adjective for empire. NOTES SEE ALSO
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