This document discusses data analysis in qualitative research. It defines data analysis as systematically examining research materials like interviews, field notes, and other sources to increase understanding and present findings. The document outlines that data analysis involves identifying patterns and relationships. It also discusses different types of analysis for quantitative and qualitative data, including techniques like frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, and thematic analysis. Steps in data analysis are preparing, tabulating, processing data according to the research approach. Cross tabulation is presented as a method to examine relationships between multiple variables.