CEFR C1 Vocabulary

CEFR C1 Vocabulary - Lesson 48

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Here you will learn some English words about scholarly research, such as "empirical", "correlate", "qualitative", etc. prepared for C1 learners.
detectableadjective

able to be noticed or discovered

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empiricaladjective

based upon observations or experiments instead of theories or ideas

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experimentaladjective

relating to scientific experimentation, based on untested hypotheses or approaches and not yet confirmed or finalized

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preliminaryadjective

occurring before a more important thing, particularly as an act of introduction

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qualitativeadjective

related to or involving quality of something, not numbers or amounts

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quantitativeadjective

related to or involving numbers or amounts, not quality

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scholarlyadjective

related to or involving academic study

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theoreticaladjective

involving or related to the ideas of a scientific subject rather than its practical use

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to correlateverb

to be closely connected or have mutual effects

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to disproveverb

to show that something is false or incorrect

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to self-reportverb

to give detailed information about oneself, usually about one's physical or medical condition

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to verifyverb

to examine the truth or accuracy of something

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apparatusnoun

tools or machines that are designed for a specific purpose

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carbon datingnoun

a method used for measuring how old an organic material is by calculating the amount of carbon they contain

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clinical trialnoun

a controlled scientific experiment in which the effectiveness and safety of a medical treatment is measured by testing it on people

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controlnoun

someone or something that is used as a standard of comparison in a scientific experiment to evaluate the results

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guinea pignoun

someone on whom scientific experiments are tested

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pseudosciencenoun

a set of practices or beliefs that are claimed to be scientific when in reality they have no scientific basis

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subjectnoun

someone or something on which a study or experiment is performed

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treatisenoun

a long and formal piece of writing about a specific subject

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abstractnoun

a written summary of a book, speech, etc.

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thesisnoun

a statement that is used as a premise in argumentation

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literaturenoun

writings or books on a specific subject

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citationnoun

a line or sentence taken from a book or speech

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limitationnoun

(usually plural) anything that limits something

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methodologynoun

a series of methods by which a certain subject is studied or a particular activity is done

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randomizationnoun

an arrangement done in an intentionally random manner to yield unbiased results

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parameternoun

a limit that controls or defines how something should be done

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peer reviewnoun

an assessment made of a scientific or academic research by people who are engaged in the same subject area

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disseminationnoun

the action of spreading information or news

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