Ultimate Jeopardy 3

Vocab

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Define the word "Empirical" 

ex: "That was an empirical statement."

Definition: adjective

based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

"they provided considerable empirical evidence to support their argument"

"How things are, as opposed to how things ought to be." (Hint for another vocab question)

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Define the word "Normative"

ex: "That was a normative observation."

Definition: Normativity concerns the standards of what people ought to do, believe, or value. It is a quality of rules, judgments, or concepts that prescribe how things should be or what individuals may, must, or must not do. 

In layman's terms, an opinion.