2. Nvivo is a piece of software that
supports qualitative and mixed
method research. It will help you
organise, analyse and find insights
in unstructured data. It allows you
to ask questions of your data.
3. • Non-numerical – as oppose to quantitative data
• Descriptive information
• Word based but may also include images, video,
audio files etc.
• Difficult to analyse – requires objectivity
• At QAA may be in the form of review reports, SWS,
SED, consultation responses (internal and external)
• Analysis can produce themes, insights and
recommendations
Qualitative data
7. • Click on NVivo icon on desktop, or in programmes list
• Get started by opening a new project, or an open project (if in
desktop mode will be stored on hard drive - .nvp)
• Will automatically select desktop unless set to server
• File > manage > Connections > Add
• Then tick default box to set as a
preference
• Can set file locations in same place
(Scotland may want to store files on
a shared drive)
• Desktop most appropriate for now…
• Create a project
Nvivo desktop (or standalone)
8.
9. • Located at: http://nvivo/nvivo10/ - Marieke is admin
• Licensed for 1 processor, 5 Client Access Licenses (CALs)
• CALs can be used by:
Named users - specified user accounts (not groups) that have 1 CAL reserved for
their specific use. These user accounts have a guaranteed server connection at all
times.
Concurrent users - user accounts that do not have any CALs reserved for their
use. These user accounts require 3 CALs each. Concurrent or 'floating' users
connect to NVivo Server on a first-come, first-served basis. A concurrent user can
only connect if there are available CALs.
• Lou and myself are named users, which currently leaves 1
concurrent user – may make more sense to name users?
Nvivo server
12. • Home – main workspace and editing features
(sources will tend to be in read-only mode)
• Create – new nodes, memos, matrices, classifications
• External data – bringing in sources
• Analyse – coding, links annotations
• Query – searches and text queries
• Explore – reports
• Layout – layout of the workspace
• View – shows coding stripes, different views
Nvivo Tabs
14. • Make sure your sources are named appropriately
• Can import .doc, .rtf, .pdf, .xls files & SurveyMonkey
• Can import social media (Twitter, Facebook,
LinkedIn feeds) using Ncapture (for IE & Chrome)
• Can carry out some level of autocoding on word
documents
• Can edit source properties
Importing sources
15. • Gathering all the information about a topic together
for further exploration – you code into nodes
• Allows you to identifying patterns
• Nodes can be topics, people, places, sections of the
Quality Code, sections of a report, positive
feedback etc.
• Different projects require different approaches
Coding in NVivo
16. You will decide on an approach to coding based on
methodology, data available, time available and
intended outcome.
• Nodes can:
be theory-driven vs data-driven or deductive vs inductive (before vs after)
be descriptive, thematic or analytic
be hierarchically arranged – tree, parent, child
be auto coded (when sources are imported), based on queries, manually
coded,
consist of entire sources
• Make sure your team members code consistently –
can run a coding comparison query to check
Approaches to coding
17. • Highlight the relevant area in your source and right
click
• To create a node in advance Create tab > Node or
right click when in node navigation view
How to code
18. • Each node should encompass just one
concept
• Data can be coded at multiple nodes
• Arrange nodes in trees when it is
useful
• Coding stripes can be helpful
• Case nodes are types of nodes
(people, places, providers) – they have
attributes - more on this tomorrow
Notes on nodes
19. • Very useful function, especially if need to work fast
Text search query - Find and analyse words and phrases
Word frequency query – Most frequently occurring words, tag cloud
Matrix coding query – Using classifications and attributes
Compound query – brings together two queries
• Use the query wizard if unsure
Running queries
20. • Use Boolean (“”) and special box
• Specify which items (can restrict by folders, nodes
etc.)
• Specify required result
(narrow, broad, custom)
• Run – may need to be
refined if no results
Text searches
21. Task 1
1. Create a new project
2. Add in sources (e.g.
recent ELIR reviews)
3. Discuss a question for
your analysis e.g. TNE, e-
learning, PGR
4. Code one source
(inductive or deductive) –
try auto-coding
22. • Keeping a log of the project
• Especially useful when working on Nvivo server
with multiple users
• Keep notes on:
Project aims: goals, assumptions
Sources: where they are from, what is their remit, how they are organised
Project progress: why you have
chosen the nodes, coding carried
out, results so far, queries that have
been run
Memos
23. • Collections - groupings of links to
project items – for convenience
Sets – static set of links
Search folders – dynamic (changes as items added)
Memo links – all memos
Annotations
• Also note ‘search’ and ‘advance find’
Organising NVivo
24. • You can record notes and comments about specific
content
• Make selection > Analyse tab > New Annotation
• The annotations tab may be toggled on and off to
view the content of an annotation
• To close annotations View tab > Links group >
untick annotations
• Can also create links between sources and
hyperlinks to external sources
• Ensure editing is enabled to do this
Annotations
25. • Reports – e.g catalogue of sources
• Models – tools for exploring visualisations. Similar
to using Mindjet with quick
import from project
• Categorisations –
more on this later
• Visualisations
Cluster analysis
Tree maps
Graphs
Other useful things…
27. Glossary
Term Definition
Source Your data: documents, spreadsheets etc.
Code Process of assigning nodes to data.
Node Conceptual representation of codes – theme node or
case node (subdivisions e.g. people, types of provider).
Classification Descriptive information about the sources, nodes and
relationships in your project.
Attributes Data (often demographic) about your classifications –
can be mandatory and pre-set (e.g. review outcome).
Models Tool to explore and visualise concepts etc.
28. Task 2
1. Run a text query – try a
text search and a word
frequency query
2. Have a look at the
different visualisation tools
3. Create a graph of your
coding so far
4. Write a memo for your
work so far
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