7 November 2017

Some slides adapted from QSR International guide to use Nvivo and IS workbook of

introduction to use NVivo

Outline:

Introduction

NVivo interface orientation

Creating a new project

Organizing your sources

Importing sources

Coding text sources with Nodes

Visualizing nodes and sources

Word count, word tree and word

cloud query

Exporting simple reports

Analysis

What is Nvivo ?

It is a software tool produced by QSR international for storing,

organizing and querying non-numerical or un-structured data

(Qualitative research).

Qualitative Data Analysis Process

Coding Categories Themes Theory

NVivo interface orientation

Creating a new project

File menu

New

Give name to your project and save it in your computer

Organizing your sources

Select sources

(in navigation pane)

Right click on Internals

Select new folder

Name the folder (Interviews, Audio, Pictures,…..etc)

Organizing your sources

Importing sources

Coding text sources with Nodes

Nodes in navigation pane

Nodes folderRight click in the

main window, select new node

Name your node (eg: tourism)

Description box, (details on the parameters of

use for this node)

Ok

Coding text sources with Nodes

sources

Interviews folder

Open one interview document

Click on nodes button

(nodes list with source appear in detail pane)

Highlight relevant text and then drag and drop in

appropriate node

Auto-coding

It will code your data based on eg: interview

question.

Take care that not all information related to the node

will be presented by participant under one question.

Visualizing nodes and sources

View tab

Select Highlight and coding

stripes (in coding section)

Create a node report

Double click in selected node

Or right click on the node within the list…select

open

Remove code

Select the code

Right click

Un code

Right click on relevant coding strip

Un code

OR

Node hierarchies (sub nodes)

Select nodes button in

navigation pane

Click on the node to highlight it

Then click, drag and drop onto another node

Left click on the node to select the

sub-node

Right click and select copy

Move mouse over blank area at the bottom of nodes list and right click and select paste

Coding image, Video and Audio

sources

Usually used in documentary projects.

Visualizing nodes and sources

Visualization: is to generate a graph of nodes

associated with a particular source.

These created models may give you a new insights on

your data.

A. Visualizing nodes of one source

Sources, select interview that

coded

Explore tab, select Explore

Diagram

Save (right click over graph and select Export

diagram)

B. Visualizing codes between two

sources or nodes

Explore tab, select

Comparison Diagram

Select compare sources, then

select two sources.

Click Ok

Word frequency, word cloud and

word tree query

It help you to see unexpected associations in transcripts.

It help you to see contexts of use of particular words that

could give insight for analysis.

Word frequency and word tree query

Query tab, select Text

Search

In box of (search for) type word or

phrase

You can changing find

slider.. Not always advisable

Run Query

Word tree query

Word frequency and word cloud

Query tab, select word frequency

In box of (search for) type word or

phrase

You can changing find

slider.. Not always advisable

Run Query

Word cloud query

Exporting simple reports

1. Exporting coded extracts

Click on Nodes button

(in navigation pane)

Right click on one of the nodes

Select Export, then Export Node

Select Entire Content, then Ok

Documents on the computer and open the

new report.

Exporting simple reports

2. Exporting sources with their codes

Select sources

(in navigation pane)

Right click on one interview and open

Right click over detail view and select print

Select in the print options coding stripes

has print on same page

Connecting participant demographics

to their interview

Create Case

classification

Write participants on name area of

the box appear

Ok

Classification Case

classificationRight click on participants

Choose new attributes

Write eg: gender

Click on ValueWrite male and

femaleOk

Continue

Source Highlight all interviews

Right click and choose create

as

Create as a case

Classification Case

classificationDouble click on

participants

Assign gender for each

participant

Analysis based on attributes

Query Matrix coding

Choose columns and rows

ok, then add

Run

Further Resources QSR video tutorials: http://www.qsrinternational.com/support_tutorials.aspx

Follow QSR on twitter for information about free training seminars, updates and tips: @QSRInt

Mantra practical on research data management (data files are in NVivo 9): http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/softwarepracticals.html

Bazeley, P. Resources for qualitative data analysis and users of NVivo http://www.researchsupport.com.au/ (website with freely available resources)

Bazeley, P. and Jackson, K. (2013). Doing qualitative data analysis with NVivo. 2nd Ed. London: SAGE.

LinkedIn NVivo Users Group – good source of advice from experienced users. Free, but requires a LinkedIn account and application to join the grouhttps://www.linkedin.com/groups/NVivo-Users-Group-145388/about

Learn Nvivo: the basics [video tutorial course]. Lynda. Released 23 Nov 2016. (uses the basic NVivo 11 Starter version) https://www.lynda.com/NVivo-tutorials/Learn-NVivo-Basics/530082-2.html?org=ed.ac.uk