MAXQDA Professional Trainer:
Themba M. Lukhele

• Content Analysis
• Interview Analysis

Consulting for Research Groups in Qualitative Research Studies for Postgraduate Students and Researchers

I hold a PhD in Construction Management with a thesis based on Qualitative Research Methodology wherein the MAXQDA tools were applied to enhance the methodological integrity and findings thereof of the thesis. For data analysis in my thesis, a conventional content data analysis methodology was applied on the empirical data that was obtained from multiple data sources to provide a clearer understanding of the contexts of the phenomenon. Accordingly, the MAXQDA was used to enable the performance of data coding, managing coding, and eventually the retrieving of the coded segments in the form of visual models and summary tables.

Ultimately, the qualitative content analysis approach in the thesis was performed in terms of a ‘critical filter of thick description’ which involved a balanced approach between the deductive analysis and the inductive analysis processes. With the assistance of MAXQDA, performing the multiple levels coding and analysis processes in the thesis has not only been efficient, but also more reliable for methodological integrity of the study. It would have been humanly impossible to process all the volume and magnitude of the empirical data without the assistance of MAXQDA, which has enabled a systematic data analysis process.

Lukhele, Themba Mfanafuthi (2022), Content Analysis And Ranking Of Irregularities In Public Sector Construction Procurement In South Africa, International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management,  https://ijcscm.com/menu-script/index.php/ijcscm/article/view/93