After studying Chapter 11, students will be able to do the following:

1. List and describe examples of purposeful sampling techniques
2. Name and describe the major categories of qualitative data collection techniques
3. Explain what is meant by the trustworthiness of qualitative data
4. Identify and define various criteria for determining the validity of qualitative research
5. Describe various strategies that can be used to enhance the validity of qualitative research
6. Describe the general process of inductive analysis
7. Design qualitative data collection procedures and successfully analyze resulting qualitative data for a research topic of interest