A Nursing Student's Perspective Towards Nursing Research

  ClipArt Source: (VectorStock) Empirical Phase A Summary From Grace R. Abad's Nursing Research II - Apply and Disseminate The third phase of the research process is called the empirical phase. The empirical phase is mainly all about the collection of data. There are major three things to keep in mind about data collection in the empirical phase.  First, in the collection of data during a research study, the researcher will establish plans as well as specifying the procedure for data collection to answer the when, where, how, and from whom questions. Second, the researcher must ensure the utmost confidentiality of the selected respondents from the data being collected. And third, within this process, the research study also involves clerical and administrative works from the collection of data.   The empirical phase is also important of the research process since in this phase is the extraction of the  conclusion of the research study that is drawn from empirical evi...

The First Phase Formulating and delimitating the problem where it contains a reasonable clinical significance, practicability, and appease the ethical proportion. Reviewing the related literature where it provides the core upon which to base the current knowledge. Defining the theoretical framework where it is used as the source for generating forecasts that can be tested through empirical research. And formulating a hypothesis where it predicts the outcomes. The Second Phase Selecting the research design is used to address the research question. Identification of the population to be studied. Specification of materials and methods of research variables. Designing the sampling which utilizes many tools to obtain the sample. Finalizing in reviewing the research plan before the actual implementation. And conducting a pilot study to classify the adequacy of data and doing revision to convert collected data into the easy form and then organizes it into meaningful categories. The Third Phas...