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Our activities in software engineering typically fallinto one of three categories, (1) to invent new phenomena,(2) to understand existing phenomena, and (3) tofacilitate inspirational education. This paper explores theplace of empirical software engineering in the first two ofthese activities. In this exploration evidence is drawnfrom the empirical literature in the areas of softwareinspections and software cost modelling and estimation.This research is then compared with the literaturepublished in the Journal of Empirical SoftwareEngineering. This evidence throws light on aspects oftheory derivation, experimental methods and analysis,and also the challenges that we face as empiricalsoftware engineering evolves into the future.