experimental method
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4.1
- noun
- /ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntəl ˈmɛθəd/
- Specialized
:
método experimental
- The subsequent section explains the experimental method.
- using experimental method
- describes the experimental method
Examples
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Overall, a lack of used experimental methods exists, with most studies using single sites with small convenience samples.
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Given this relationship, the question of the need for the experimental methods may occur to some.
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What we think of is the experimental method, the the method of trial and error, of experience and experiment.
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The researchers used the experimental method for a sample of 26 swimmers.
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The researcher used the experimental method with one of its experimental designs: the one-group pre- and post-test.
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A variety of questionnaire and experimental methods have been used to classify subjects, and many have dubious psychometric validity.
Academic text (1995) -
Libby (1995) and Frederick and Libby (1986) suggest the use of this experimental method as a way to examine the expertise paradigm.
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The researchers used the experimental method to verify their hypothesis through controlled observations.
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In her biology class, she learned how the experimental method allows scientists to test their ideas through experiments.
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The study employed the experimental method to gather data by systematically manipulating variables.
Synonyms
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2.7
A careful test in science to discover or check something
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3.3
A careful way to test ideas by watching and doing experiments
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2.5
A test done to find out how things work in science
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4.6
Steps and methods used to do a scientific experiment
How Systematic
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3.8
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4.1
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a systematic procedure involving controlled observations and measurements' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'experimental' (related to experiments) with 'method' (an organized procedure). There is no idiomatic shift or metaphorical meaning here, and the composition follows normal English and cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun experimental method comes from the simple image of a scientist doing a careful test: experimental means 'trying things' and method means a planned, step-by-step way. That's why the phrase means a way to 'test' ideas and 'find out' what causes something.