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Find Empirical Research Articles

Tips for finding scholarly articles that report empirical research

Tips

To identify an article based on empirical research, look for the following characteristics:

     The article is published in a peer-reviewed journal.

     The article includes charts, graphs, or statistical analysis.

     The article is substantial in size, likely to be more than 5 pages long.

     The article contains the following parts (the exact terms may vary): abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, references.

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