Empirical evidence includes information that is collected through measurements or data

collected through direct observation or experimentation which helps to uncover answers to

questions that could be of significance to our society (Bradford, 2017).

We basically use all our senses but mostly use our eyes since they help us to see and capture
most of the things we experiment on and view data or information. We also use our hands and
feet to feel and touch during experimentation such at experiments on textile materials and
textures, our tongue in some cases can also be used to taste during experiments such as
experiment on the sour or strong taste of wines, we also use the ears to listen to different sounds
made during certain types of experiments such as the sounds made when certain types of
pressure is exerted on different parts of a person’s body. In some certain types of experiments the
nose can be crucial to perceive and detect the different odors or aroma such as in the case of
gases escaping when the reach a certain temperature. We can hereby refer to empirical evidence
as evidence involving all sensory organs.

I do consider my day to day living experience and observations as part of empirical evidence this
is because in so many cases I am involved in a type of experiment known as natural experiment.
"A natural experiment is a real world situation that resembles an experiment without any
intervention or control by experimenters" (Spacey, 2018). A typical example of such would be
the use of nose masks during the recent corona outbreak worldwide, my choice as regards the
clinical nose masks and the cloth nose mask, the choice to wear or not wear nose masks, the
habits I adopt either due to peer influence or societal influence. Though I have not been directly
involved in a laboratory experiment nor have I been recording the data of this experiment, I have
been a part of empirical evidence through direct observation which can be said to be a primary
source.

References

Spacey, J. (2018, May 19). What is a Natural Experiment? Simplicable.

https://simplicable.com/new/natural-experiment

Bradford, A. (2017, July 28). Empirical Evidence: A Definition. Livescience.Com.

https://www.livescience.com/21456-empirical-evidence-a-definition.html