In empirical research what is the difference between data collection & findings

the analysis based on data are the findings which the researcher looks at in the beginning of the research..on his research design, he makes the prediction and at the and by data f...

data does not speak for itself. it has to be analysed, often statistically in social sciences using SPSS and other statistical tools to come to results of empirical research

Data collection is the begining of the process of an empirical research where data can be collected from various sources using divergent means