Qualitative Data Analysis

Facilitator: Prof Kambidima Wotela is an esteemed scholar in the field of demography and population studies, holding degrees in these disciplines from prestigious institutions. Throughout his academic journey, Prof Wotela has been recognised for his outstanding achievements, receiving scholarships and fellowships, including the esteemed William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fellowship and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholarship.

Currently, Prof Wotela shares his wealth of knowledge and expertise as a Faculty member at the WITS Graduate School of Governance. He is known for his dedication to teaching systems thinking, monitoring and evaluation, and research and analytical methods, inspiring countless students along the way. Of particular significance is Prof Wotela's research focus on approaches to research supervision, a critical aspect of academic mentorship that shapes the future of scholarly inquiry. His contributions in this area are invaluable to our academic community and beyond.
 

Target Group: Postgraduate students doing their Honours, Masters and Doctoral research studies.

 

Background: This workshop looks at how to analyse qualitative information. This implies understanding how to carry out an empirical interrogation of a qualitative research strategy and, thereafter, an empirical implementation. The latter will focus on creating ‘theoretical themes’ and then proceeding to fragment the qualitative information that has been collected. This process also creates ‘empirical themes’ that can be equally populated with fragments of the qualitative information. The fragments will then be subjected to thematic content interrogation.

 

Expected Outcomes: Empirical interrogation as well as empirical application of qualitative information analysis

 

Requirements: Participants need to have already conceptualised the following aspects of their research:

  • Research title
  • Research problem statement
  • Research purpose (aims and objectives)
  • Research questions and where applicable the accompanying research hypotheses or propositions
  • Collected or in the process of collecting qualitative information.

 

This workshop is funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) through the University Capacity Development Grant (UCDG)

 

 

Workshop Information

Date:

  • 17 May 2025

Time:

  • 09h00-15h00

Venue:

  • To be confirmed

Online Platform:

  • MS Teams

Registration:

  • Registration has not opened. 


Please note: The maximum capacity of this workshop is 20 participants.

 

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