WORKING WITH NVIVOKristoffer Greaves  - Doctoral Researcher - Deakin University

ABOUT ME

PARTICULARS

what is NVivo?

organise research (inc. classifications and attributes)

review literature (inc. Endnote)

undertake framework matrices and cluster analyses

produce memos - text and visualisations for writing up

explicit and emergent coding approaches

WHAT IS NVIVO?

Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis Software

"CAQDAS"

There are other suppliers, some are free, e.g. TAMS

Download from Deakin Software Support

Deakin sometimes funds training (recommended)

Runs on Windows (*sigh*)

Available for Mac later this year

Basically a database with some powerful qualitative analysis tools

PAUSE... A METHODOLOGICAL MOMENT

CAQDAS a computational, nominalising operation

Counter-intuitive for some qualitative researchers

Certeau: computational activities "freeze" object, discursive operation of "scientific" "validity" (Heterologies)

Kristoffer: computational activities also enabling, emancipatory, and part of everyday life (so ignoring them "others" them)

Use reflexivity and Certeau's "heterological science" to examine how you use CAQDAS

CAQDAS not a substitute for intellectual engagement and skill

USEFUL BOOKS

NVIVO ONLINE HELP

NVIVO YOUTUBE CHANNEL

NVIVO ON LINKEDIN

ORGANISE: SOURCES IN FOLDERS

ORGANISE: SOURCE CLASSIFICATIONS

ORGANISE:ATTRIBUTES FOR CLASSIFICATIONS

LIT REVIEW WITH ENDNOTE

Select references in Endnote

Export as XML file

Import into NVivo as Other Source

PDFs go into Sources folder

Notes imported as Memos

Consider coding PDFs as ‘Case Nodes’

SELECT SOURCES

• CLICK FILE• CLICK “SAVE AS”• NAME THE FILE• SAVE AS XML• OUTPUT STYLE:

ENDNOTE EXPORT• CHECK ‘EXPORT

SELECTED REFERENCES’

• SAVE TO DESKTOP

Nvivo• EXTERNAL DATA TAB• FROM OTHER SOURCES• FROM ENDNOTE

CHOOSE XML FILE

CHOOSE TO ORGANISE BY TITLE OR AUTHOR

TAKES TIME TO IMPORT!

PDFs IMPORTED INTO INTERNAL SOURCES FOLDER

NOTES FROM CITATION MANAGER IMPORTED INTO MEMOs FOLDER

CODE SOURCES AS “CASE NODES”

Select the sources >

Go to Create tab >

Items > Create as Case Nodes >

Select save locate etc

CLICK ‘CREATE AS CASE NODES’

CONFIRM LOCATION FOR CASE NODES IN NODES FOLDER

SOURCES NOW CODED AS CASE NODES IN NODES FOLDER

CODING FOR LITERATURE REVIEWEXPLICIT OR EMERGENT?

Explicit – pre-define concepts for coding (create your own codebook), then create nodes for those concepts

Emergent – coding “in-vivo” – creating concepts as they emerge from the source

Kelle: “theoretical sensitivity” a way of reconciling both approaches

For me: usually explicit approach for Literature Review

In a hurry? Try text searching and saving results as a node….

TEXT SEARCH – GO TO QUERYTAB – CLICK ON “TEXT SEARCH”

CHECK “ADD TO PROJECT”NAME THE SEARCH

SELEC T SEARCH TERMSSELECT SOURCES TO SEARCH

SELECT “CREATE RESULTS AS NEWNODE” + “NARROW CONTEXT”

SEARCH RESULTS IN REFERENCE VIEW

SEARCH RESULTS INPDF VIEW

RESULTS SAVEDIN QUERIESFOLDER

CAN CREATE THEME NODEFROM THE SEARCH RESULT

TEXT SEARCH RESULT

CODING A THEME NODE“IN VIVO” FROM RESULT

FRAMEWORK MATRICESCOMPARE AUTHORS AND THEMES

Choose Create Tab

Click “Framework Matrix”, then Name it

Choose Case Nodes for Rows

Choose Theme Nodes for Columns

Empty table appears

Choose Analyze Tab

Click “Autoanalyze”

Table cells populated by Case rows and Theme columns

Can “code on” and edit text in cells

CHOOSE CREATE TAB

CLICK ON FRAMEWORKMATRIX

NAME THEFRAMEWORKMATRIX

CHOOSE CASE NODES FOR ROWS

CASE NODES SELECTEDFOR ROWS

CHOOSE THEME NODES FOR COLUMNSCHOSEN THEME NODES

CLICKAUTOSUMMARIZE

AUTOSUMMARIZEFILLS COLUMNS WITHTEXT CODED TO THEMEBY CASES IN ROWS

CAN “CODE ON”IN CELLS

MATRIX CODING QUERIES – COMPARE CODES, ATTRIBUTES ETC

Go to Query Tab

Click Matrix Coding

Select “Add to Project”

Select Items you want to compare in Rows and Columns then Run

Produces data table and charts

Example – “Yes/No” responses compared to child themes

GO TO QUERY TAB

CLICK “MATRIX CODING”

NAME THE QUERY

SELECT ROW NODES

SELECT COLUMN NODES

SELECT SEARCH CRITERIA

SELECT“CREATE RESULTS AS NEW NODE MATRIX”THEN “RUN”

NODEMATRIX TABLE

CHARTS

Slides will be availableonline…

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