Empiirisiä

empiirisiä is the plural partitive form of the Finnish adjective empiirinen, meaning empirical. The word is used to describe things derived from observation, experience, or data collected through experiments, rather than from theory alone. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify in number and case, and empiirisiä appears most commonly when the noun is plural and in the partitive case, for example empiirisiä havaintoja (empirical observations), empiirisiä tuloksia (empirical results), or empiirisiä todisteita (empirical evidence).

Usage and context

empiirisiä is typical in scholarly and scientific writing in Finnish. It emphasizes that the information or conclusions are based on empirical evidence gathered through sensing, measuring, or testing, as opposed to theoretical reasoning or deductive argument. The term can be contrasted with teoreettinen or a priori to highlight the source of knowledge.

Examples

- Empiirisiä havaintoja osoittama tutkimusryhmä julkaisi tuloksensa.

- Artikkeli käsittelee empiirisiä todistuksia, jotka tukevat hypoteesia.

- Heinäkuun raportti sisältää empiirisiä tietoja suurista otoksista.

Related terms

Emppiirinen, empiirismi, empiirinen tieto, empiirimäinen data. The concept is central to empirical research and evidence-based practice in various disciplines.

Note

empiirisiä is a grammatical form, not a standalone concept, and its correct use depends on the noun it accompanies being plural and in the partitive case.