Transcript text: Disputing the assertion that the scientific journals should propagate a consolidated stance on quantum theory, editor Hiro Tanaka facilitated the development and dissemination of an array of scholars' theories by endorsing their intellectual autonomy. Tanaka's humility was in stark contrast to the editorial approaches of Sophia Bell and Marco Giovanni, whose selections for their publications were more $\qquad$ -
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A empirical
(B) prescriptivery
C sporadic
D informal