That would be anecdotal. "Empirical evidence" implies some structured observatio...

elviejo · on April 4, 2013

I had that same confusion. In spanish: Empirico means based on experience / anecdote. In english: Empirical means based on scientific studies.

Maybe the previous author had the same confusion.

jaimebuelta · on April 4, 2013

In spanish, "empirico" means exactly the same thing. Based on well tested observations, not your just "personal experience". Sure it is a little overused some times, but it still means some degree of confidence greater that "in my experience"

elviejo · on April 6, 2013

According to Real Academia Española... "It is relative to experience"

http://lema.rae.es/drae/srv/search?id=hTXhUCMS1DXX2DI3MWRd empírico, ca. (Del lat. empirĭcus, y este del gr. ἐμπειρικός, que se rige por la experiencia). 1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo a la experiencia.

timr · on April 5, 2013

"'Empirical evidence' implies some structured observation happened and somebody documented it."

No, that's not what it means at all:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empirical

None of the three definitions mention "structured observation", and the second definition directly contradicts that assertion.