Calfee and Chambliss (2003) define empirical research as "the systematic approach for answering certain types of questions" (p. 152). Empirical research design encompasses a full range of systematic approaches to gathering evidence, resulting from what may be both theoretical and practical questions. Researchers who use empirical research methods have a pragmatic need for investigating a question. Methods are not as clearly defined as in quantitative or qualitative research, as the researcher... więcej

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