What is Empirical Evaluation

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An evaluation method in which results are derived by observation or experiment instead of theory Learn more in: Evaluating Context-Aware Mobile Interfaces for Professionals

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Evaluation methodology that employs users to interact with the system. Learn more in: Heuristically Evaluating Web-Based ODL

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A study where the research ends are based on evidence and not just theory. This is done to comply with the scientific method that asserts the objective discovery of knowledge based on verifiable facts of evidence. This includes observing a phenomenon under laboratory conditions (e.g., in a controlled experiment) or in the field (e.g., in a case study). Learn more in: Evaluating Open Source Software through Prototyping