EMPIRIC PHASE: The Third phase of Nursing Research

         BUCO, Shine Hazel S. BSN III A                DATA GATHERING, LITERATURE REVIEW and ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY               Conducting a research is very critical. It undergoes a systematic and a scientific process. All steps should be placed and be done thoroughly.                                                     One important part of the research is the gathering of data . It is very important that datas gathered should came from a credible or reliable source. This part is a very important part since it belongs to analytical phase, in which data collection and surveying  activities have yielded to have a sufficient and relevant data. This is the time where datas are systematically organize so it can be interpreted and analyzed. As it is written by Brink et al. (2006) the data collected in the empirical phase are not reported in “raw” form. They must be summarised and subjected to various types of analysis and interpretation.                  Data collection is the process