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Journal Article 11.1: Waite, D. (2011). A Simple Card Trick: Teaching Qualitative Data Analysis Using a Deck of Playing Cards. Qualitative Inquiry, 17(10), 982–985.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Why does the author believe that there needs to be a way to illustrate qualitative data analysis simply?
2. How successful is this author’s metaphor in your opinion?
3. Could this metaphor be used with children? Young adults? Untrained academics?
4. Where does the metaphor falter?

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Journal Article 11.2: Gillard, S., Simons, L., Turner, K., & Lucock, M. (2012). Patient and Public Involvement in the Coproduction of Knowledge: Reflection on the Analysis of Qualitative Data in a Mental Health Study. Qualitative Health Research, 22(8), 1126–1137.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What was the goal of this study?
2. What methods were used in order to further the “coproduction of knowledge” as discussed in the title?
3. How can qualitative data be used to further an understanding of health, a previously quantitatively dominated discipline?

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Journal Article 11.3: Long-Sutehall, T., Sque, M., & Addington-Hall, J. (2010). Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data: A Valuable Method for Exploring Sensitive Issues with an Elusive Population? Journal of Research in Nursing, 16(4), 335–344.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Discuss the need for methodologies that help researchers understand intimate, powerful issues within the realm of social work.
2. How does the article address the notion of secondary analysis versus primary analysis?