Learning Objectives

1. Describe some of the features of qualitative data analysis

2. Compare and contrast the various approaches to qualitative data analysis

3. Describe how visual sociologists use photographs to analyze data

4. Provide examples of systematic data observation

5. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of participatory action research

6. Discuss the ways in which computer-aided qualitative data analysis can facilitate research

7. List at least four ethical issues that should be given special attention in qualitative data analysis