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NVivo: From Project to Publication

Philip J. Stokes, Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Geosciences University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

From Project to Publication

•  This presentation describes how a critical incident study, by Phil Stokes, Ph.D. Candidate, went from NVivo project to publication.

•  This study of knowledge in social science was used to understand the barriers that Hispanic/Latino students face in geoscience.

•  Transcribed interviews were coded in NVivo using two multi-level node systems. Query results were exported for statistical analyses.

•  Publication in GSA Today, the monthly peer-reviewed newsletter of the Geological Society of America

Why are there so few Hispanics in geoscience?

Philip J. Stokes1, Karl W. Flessa1, and Roger Levine2

(1) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona (2) Independent Consultant

Aim of the study

•  Geoscientists are in high demand both in the U.S. and around the world.

•  In roughly 50 years, Hispanics/Latinos will be the majority in the U.S.

•  Very few Hispanic/Latino students major in geoscience in the U.S.

•  We explored the reported differences between Hispanic/Latino and white geoscience majors at a large university in the southwestern U.S.

Critical incident technique

•  Developed during WWII to identify effective behaviors and predict likelihood of success for pilot trainees.

•  A critical incident is self-reported experience which affects a person’s beliefs, values, or behaviors.

•  Today, used in medical research and corporate hiring.

•  For this research, a critical incident influences a student’s choice of major.

Collecting critical incidents

•  We interviewed 29 current and former geoscience majors –  21 white –  8 Hispanic/Latino –  17 female, 12 male

•  Interviews take ~45 minutes, follow approved human subjects protocols

•  Identified a total of 881 incidents, or ~30/student

Research hypotheses

1.  Hispanic/Latino students report more critical incidents relating to family and cultural issues than white students.

2.  Hispanic/Latino students have a more negative undergrad experience overall as seen through critical incidents.

Classifying critical incidents

A co-worker asked what the student wanted to major in. The student replied, “I want to be a geoscientist; I want to do that.” The co-worker asked: “Why? You should become a nurse.” Later, the student told me, “It definitely grew my confidence.”

Experience

Outcome

Project setup in NVivo

Outcome Experience

Classification sheet Primary node system

Secondary node system

Student background data

Independent variable Dependent variable Dependent variable

Gathering data in NVivo

•  Internals: Transcribed interviews •  Classification sheets: Student background data

Organize: Coding the data

Coded interviews Node system

Analyze: Coding queries

Matrix Coding Queries

Step 1 - Decide what

to query

Step 2 - Select

internals

Analyze: Coding queries

Matrix Coding Queries

Step 3 - Select nodes

Analyze: Coding queries

Matrix Coding Queries

Step 4 - Specify parameters

Step 5 - Get some results

Tree map of nodes

Visualize: Data & trends

Export: for statistical analysis

Excel Spreadsheet

NVivo Matrix

NVivo and SPSS: Drinking buddies?

ANOVA testing

Exported data in IBM SPSS 20

No significant difference

Results: read the paper

Stokes, P.J., Levine, R., and Flessa, K., (In Press), Why are there so few Hispanic students in geoscience?: GSA Today

Read the paper http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/

Learn how to use NVivo

•  NVivo training

•  Form User Group on campus

•  Publications

–  Pat Bazeley, Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo

–  Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

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Thank you for your time

Philip J. Stokes, Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Geosciences

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

pjstokes@arizona.edu