QualitativeDataAnalysisWithQSRNVivo Ver8

QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS WITH
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Qualitative Data Analysis with QSR NVivo
1.1.1.1 Aims
The aim of this document is to give an overview of QSR’s NVivo Tool for the analysis of
quantitative data.
1.1.1.2 Objectives
When you have completed these exercises you should be able to:
 Create a project database to manage research items.
 Add documents to the project.
 Use NVivo to find and collate relevant ideas and themes emerging from the data.
1.1.1.3 Pre-requisites
This document assumes that you are familiar with the use of a computer keyboard and
mouse, and Microsoft Windows based products.
1.1.1.4 Acknowledgements
Thanks to Martyn Stewart for provision of the interview files for the geology exercise.
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Contents
1 Introduction: Quantitative and Qualitative Research.......................................3
2 Getting Started......................................................................................................5
3 Opening QSR NVivo on the LJMU Network.......................................................7
4 Exploring an Existing Project..............................................................................9
5 Creating a Project...............................................................................................15
Exercise 1. Create a Project................................................................................17
6 Preparing to Import Data....................................................................................19
7 Importing Text Data into your NVivo Project...................................................21
8 Creating a New Document in Your Project......................................................23
9 Importing Videos and Graphics........................................................................25
Exercise 2. Import Data into your Project..........................................................29
10 Browsing Documents......................................................................................31
11 Annotating Documents...................................................................................33
12 Watching and Annotating Videos..................................................................35
13 Working with Images.......................................................................................37
14 Nodes................................................................................................................39
Exercise 3. Creating Nodes.................................................................................41
15 Analysing (Coding) Your Data........................................................................43
Exercise 4. Coding Data.......................................................................................47
16 Browsing and Coding Nodes.........................................................................49
Exercise 5. Coding a Node..................................................................................51
17 Summarising Your Findings...........................................................................53
APPENDIX: Further Information..............................................................................55
© Barry Duggan, L&SS, LJMU 2010 1 Qualitative Data Analysis with QSR NVIVO
1 Introduction: Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Broadly speaking, there are two distinct research methodologies:
 Quantitative research is based on numbers, and usually involves some form

of calculation: e.g. finding the percentage of people choosing a particular
holiday destination, or estimating the average height of the inhabitants of a
particular town. For this kind of research, you gather numeric data, or data
that can be expressed numerically.
 Qualitative research usually involves data in the form of interview transcripts,

magazine articles, or sections from books, and involves the researcher
reading through the material to locate recurrent themes and ideas. For
example you may have interviewed a number of people to discover the factors
motivating their choice of career. At the start of your project you may have
had no idea about the possible range of answers, so you have to read through
your interview transcripts in order to identify the factors described.
One normally associates computers with calculation and analysis of numeric data.
Packages such as SPSS and Minitab are provided to assist with such quantitative
research. However, other packages have been designed to assist with qualitative
research. These are called Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software
[CAQDAS] packages. QSR NVivo, the subject of this course, is one such package.
QSR NVivo has been designed to help you analyse large amounts of anecdotal (or
qualitative) material, in the form of interview transcripts, magazine articles, images,
videos or book sections. Your data analysis will usually take the following steps, which
will be each be dealt with in this course:
1. Create an NVIVO Project. This is a simple database which will contain all the
documents and files associated with your research. You must create a project
for each research undertaking.
2. Import the Data. You can either type your data directly into your project, or
you can import already existing documents.
3. Annotate your data. You can insert comments and prompts in your data, to
remind you of ideas and strategies that you might want to address later on, or
highlight sections of your data that seem to be of particular interest.
4. Code Your Data. This is the process of reading through your data to find
important sections and ideas. If a section of a document seems important, you
can highlight it, or copy it into a ‘node,’ a special area of your project
dedicated to storing that section and others like it.
At the end of this process you will have a number of nodes, each containing a
set of similar or related ideas. You can then code these nodes in the same
way to identify their main themes, and so on. In this way you can easily
identify, collect and sort the main ideas contained in large amounts of data.
2 Getting Started
Objectives To copy some existing content to your local computer.
Method Copy some ready-made content files from the L: drive (Library
drive) to your M: drive (Personal File Store) to use in this course.
There are 4 files. Each is a transcript of an interview with a
student, describing why they chose their particular Geology
course.
We will use NVivo to analyse this data, and identify some factors
influencing choice of course.
Follow the instructions below to obtain your copy on the data.
2.1 Click on Start > JMU Applications > System Utilities > Change
Library
This displays the Connect Library Screen
Expand the ‘Change To’ dropdown list and select ‘Avril Robarts
LRC’ from the options displayed.
A message is displayed:
Click on ‘OK’.
Minimise all programs so you can see your desktop.
Click on the ‘My Computer’ icon.
You will see an icon for your L: drive under Network Drives:
Double Click on this icon. This opens the library drive.

Double click on the ‘NVivo’ folder to open it.
Copy the contents to some folder on the D: drive of your PC.
3 Opening QSR NVivo on the LJMU Network
Objectives To open the NVivo program.
Method Follow the steps below to open NVivo on your LJMU network
computer.
Comments QSR NVivo version 8 must be installed on your PC. This is
available on request by emailing the CIS helpdesk on
helpdesk@ljmu.ac.uk
3.1 Opening NVivo

Once the software has been installed on your PC. click on Start >
Programs > QSR >Nvivo 8->Nvivo 8
The first time you start the program you will be prompted to enter a user
name:
Enter a user name and select OK.

The NVIVO welcome screen will open:
4 Exploring an Existing Project
Objectives To learn how to open an existing NVivo project.
Method Follow the steps below to open the Volunteering project
Comments The Volunteering project is provided as an example of an Nvivo
project. Later in this course you will learn how to create your own
projects to store and analyse your own data.
4.1 Opening the Volunteering Project

Double click on the Volunteering link on the Welcome screen
This opens the Volunteering Project
4.2 The Nvivo Project Window
The project screen is divided for convenience into several regions:
4.3 Exploring an Nvivo Project Window
Double click on any of the items in the Sources list to expand the
list of data folders associated with your project.
Double click on any of these folders to display a list of data items

in that folder.
Double click on one of these items to open it in a detail view
There are several different types of object that can go to make up your
Nvivo project:
Sources These objects contain or refer to the data you are
analysing. There are two types:
 Internal – data that has been imported into the

Nvivo database
 External – documents referring to data that has

not been or cannot be imported into Nvivo, such
as book chapters, magazine articles etc.
Source files can contain text, images, audio or visual
files
Nodes Data files acting as ‘buckets’ where themes and
similar ideas can be dropped. You use these to help
yourself identify the themes emerging from your
research.
Sets You can gather data items into groups, or Sets,
according to similarity. You can use these to help
yourself organise your data and ideas.
Queries Queries allow you to question your data, find
patterns and explore your ideas.
Models A Model is a graphical representation of your project,
enabling you to see how your ideas fit together.
LInks Links provide ways of connecting your data together
and showing ways in which your ideas are
associated.
Classifications Classifications allow you to apply attributes to a
data item, such as age, gender etc. It is also possible
to specify relationships between data items.
The upper pane of the navigation view is context-sensitive, so clicking on

the ‘Source’ group in the Navigation View lower pane will display a list of
data source folders in the upper pane. Clicking on the Nodes icon in the
lower pane will display a list of node folders in the upper, and so on.
4.4 Closing a Project

Click on File
Click on Close Project from the displayed menu
This displays the NVivo Welcome Window.
5 Creating a Project
Objectives To investigate and become familiar with the NVivo project structure
Method Create a new project in NVivo, navigate to the project folder and
explore the contents
Comments The Project is the top-level NVivo object, which contains all the
elements and components of your research task. Each project
exists as a separate file, of the form projectname.nvp
5.1 Create a Project

In the NVivo Welcome Screen, click on the File menu.
Click on New Project…
This opens the ‘New Project’ window:
Enter a name and description for the project. The name should be
something memorable, which will help you to identify the project
later.
By default, your project details will be stored in a file called ‘M:\My
Documents\ProjectName.nvp’. Click on the ‘Browse’ button to store this file
in another location if you so wish.
Click on the ‘OK’ button to create your project. This displays the Nvivo
project window.
5.2 Apply Structure to the Project

It can be useful to create folders to hold different items of data. For
example, you can create folders to store text items, videos, and images.
Right click on the ‘Internals’ folder in the folder view
Select New Folder from the drop-down list. This displays the ‘New Folder’;
window
Enter the required details and click ‘OK’

Note: you can create new folders under the Internals, Externals, and
Memos folders in the Sources group.
You can also create new folders in the Queries, Models and Folders
groups,
Exercise 1. Create a Project
Objectives To solidify the skills involved in creating a new NVivo project.
Method Use the instructions provided in the previous sections to create a

new project:
Instructions Open NVivo and create a new project.

The project name is ‘Geography’.
The description is: ’Motivations underlying choice of course.’
Close NVivo when you have done this.
Re-open your project.
In the Sources group, create three new folders under Internals.
They should be named Interviews, Images and Videos.
Save then close the project.
6 Preparing to Import Data
Objectives To learn how to prepare your data for best use with NVivo.
Method Use appropriate document formatting and save your data file in
Microsoft Word format (.doc).
Comments If your data already exists in the form of Word documents, you can
import these files into NVivo. NVivo can import files in a variety of
formats, including .doc, .docx, .rtf and .pdf.
Also certain document formats will make your life much easier
when dealing with NVivo, so be sure to format your data correctly.
6.1 Format your Document

Open your document in Word.
Remove illustrations and other graphical objects from your data. If
necessary you can store them elsewhere on your system and
import them separately as images.
Use the Enter to separate paragraphs. Have as many paragraphs
as you can. If your data is an interview transcript, have one
paragraph for a question, and the following paragraph for the
corresponding answer.
Be consistent with your paragraph headings (e.g. label your
questions as QUESTION 1… QUESTION 2… etc).
6.2 Store document as RTF format

Make sure to give your document a suitable name which reflects
the contents. When the document is imported into Nvivo, you will
use the document names to identify the files you need.
7 Importing Text Data into your NVivo Project
Objectives To learn how to import data from existing files into NVivo.
Method Use the ‘Import Internals…’ facility
Comments You can import existing files directly into the Internals folder.
However, since we have created a special folder, we will import
our data directly into the folder reserved for Interviews.
7.1 Import Files from Outside Nvivo (Internals)

Click on Sources in the Navigation View.
Double Click on Internals in the folder list to display the Images,
Interviews and Video folders.
Click on the Interviews folder
Right click in the List pane
Select Import Internals… from the drop-down menu. This open the Import
Internals dialog box
Click on the Browse button and navigate to the location of the file you
want to import.
Select the required files and click on the Open button. This returns control
to the Import Internals box.
Click on the OK button.
The documents are imported into Nvivo, and displayed in the List pane
8 Creating a New Document in Your Project
Objectives To learn how to create a new document directly in your NVivo
project.
Method Create a blank document in your NVivo project, for direct data
entry
Comments You can create empty document files in your NVivo project, into
which you can type your data directly.
8.1 Create a new Document

Click on Sources in the Navigation View.
Click on Externals in the folder list.
Right click in the List pane
Select New External… from the drop down list. This displays the new
External box.
Enter a suitable filename and (optional) description.

A new empty document is created in the Externals folder of your Nvivo
project.
9 Importing Videos and Graphics
Objectives To learn how to import videos and graphics
Method Use the Import Internals… facility.
Comments You can import videos, graphics and audio files into Nvivo, and
annotate them in much the same way as you can documents.
Here we will import a video and a graphic into the specially
prepared folders.
Videos can be in one of several formats, including .mp4, .wmv and
.avi
Audio file formats supported include .mp3, .wma and .wav.
Image file formats supported are .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .tif or .tiff
9.1 Import a Video

Open the desired target folder in the folder list
Right click on the List Pane and select Import Internals…
This opens the Import Internals dialog box
Click on the Browse button and navigate to the location of the video file
you want to import.
Select the required file and click on the Open button.
Click on OK in the ‘Import Internals’ dialog box
There is a pause while Nvivo imports the required file.
When this is complete the Video Properties box is displayed.
Enter a suitable name and description in the relevant boxes, if necessary

You will now be able to see the new video in the Nvivo List Pane.
9.2 Import a Graphic
Open the desired target folder in the folder list
Right click on the List Pane and select Import Internals…
This opens the Import Internals dialog box
Click on the Browse button and navigate to the location of the image file
you want to import.
Select the required file and click on the Open button.
Click on OK in the ‘Import Internals’ dialog box
There is a pause while Nvivo imports the required file.
When this is complete the Picture Properties box is displayed.
Enter a suitable name and description in the relevant boxes, if necessary

You will now be able to see the new video in the Nvivo List Pane.
9.3 Use Document Explorer to Delete Documents

From the Document Explorer window:
Highlight the required document in the right-hand pane.
Click on the ‘Tools’ menu
Click on ‘Delete Document’ from the options displayed.
NVivo responds by asking if you are sure. Click on ‘Yes’
The document is deleted
Note: The document is only deleted from the NVivo project
database. If the document was imported from outside the project,
the original should still exist.
Exercise 2. Import Data into your Project
Objectives To practise importing documents into your NVivo project
Method Use the instructions provided in the previous section to import

documents into the project created in previous exercises. All files
required are in the set imported as part of Task 1.
Instructions Open the project ‘Geography’ if it is not already open.

Import the following data files into location Internals\Interviews
 Interview with Craig.rtf
 Interview with John.rtf
 Interview with June.rtf
 Interview with Mary.rtf

Import the following Video file into folder Internals\Videos
 Geography_interview_with_Melissa_B.MP4
Import the following Image file into folder Internals\Images
 Scotland.gif
In the picture properties box, give this image the name ‘Map of
Scotland.’
10 Browsing Documents
Objectives To learn how to view and edit the documents contained in your
NVivo project.
Method Explore the different ways of using the Detail View
Comments Once a file has been included (or created) in the NVivo project, it
is possible to view and edit it by means of the Detail View.
Files can be edited from the Detail View. However, it is important
to realise that any changes you make here are not reflected into
the original documents.
10.1 Browsing a Document from the Document Explorer

Ensure that the required document is displayed in the List View
Pane
Double click on the required document.
The document opens in the Detail View
You can use the detail view to edit your text. Toolbar buttons are
provided analogous to those in Microsoft Word for alignment,
changing fonts, making text bold etc.
Close the document by clicking on the button in the Detail

View.
Note that you can have several documents open at once,
selectable via tabs in the list view.
11 Annotating Documents
Objectives To learn how to use the Annotation Tool.
Method Open a document from your project and create notes to interesting
or significant sections.
Comments Sometimes, as you read your data, it can suggest useful lines of
research, or inspire an idea that you would like to jot down for
later.
NVivo provides you with an Annotation Tool, which allows you to
make notes on a document as you read it.
11.1 Use the Annotation Tool.

Open the required document in the ‘Detail View.
Read the document until you find a section of text you would like to
annotate.
Highlight the section of text.
Right click on the selected text
Select Links->Annotation->New Annotation
The Annotation Window opens
Type your note in the space provided

Click in the detail view to deselect the text.
Notice how the annotated text is now highlighted.
If there are several highlighted sections in the document, click on
a highlighted area to view it’s annotation.
12 Watching and Annotating Videos
Objectives To learn to use the Video tool
Method Use the video tool to watch and annotate video..
Comments The video tool allows you to create video transcripts, or to add
comments highlighting significant points of your videos
12.1 Watching a Video

Open the folder containing the required file, so the file appears in
the List View
Double click on the file name in List View
The video appears in the Detail View
Right click on the video to access play and pause controls, or use
the media tool bar
Drag the progress bar back to rewatch part of the video.
12.2 Annotating a Video
Use the button on the video toolbar (or right click on the video
window and select Play) to run the video
Pause the video when you want to make an annotation
Enter comments in the Content field
You can add start and end times of interesting sections in the
Timespan field (e.g. 0:50.1 – 0:58.0)
13 Working with Images
Objectives To learn to use the NVivo Image tools
Method View an image and add annotation.
Comments The Image Tools allow you to store notes with pictures, mark out
particular parts of pictures, and store sections of existing pictures
as new images.
13.1 Opening an Image

Open the folder containing the required file, so the file appears in
the List View
Double click on the file name in List View
The image appears in the Detail View
The Log View is displayed alongside the image
13.2 Logging a commnent about a picture

Ensure that the picture is open in the Detail View
Type your comments about your picture in theContent area of the
Log View.
13.3 Commenting on Part of an Image

While the image is open in detail view, click-and-drag the mouse
around the desired section
Right click on the marked area and select Insert Row.
A new row in inserted in the log view and the cursor positioned in
the Content fied ready for you to type your comment.
The pixel position of the selectyed area is automatically inserted in
the Region field.
Clicking on the comment number causes the associated area to be

highlighted in the main picture
13.4 Using Part of an Image to Create a New Image
While the image is open in detail view, click-and-drag the mouse
around the desired section
Right click in the marked area and select Copy
Right click in the List View and select Paste
The New Picture dialog box is displayed.
Enter a suitable name and description

Click on OK
The new image now appears in the List View, and is automatically
opened oin the Detail Pane.
14 Nodes
Objectives To learn how to create various kinds of nodes, and understand the
differences between them
Method Create a free node and a tree node
Comments A node is a type of file that you use to gather together ideas about
your data. There can be many nodes associated with your project,
and they can all be shared between several files. For example, as
you read through the documents in your project, you may notice a
recurrent theme referring to “influence of the environment.” You
could create a node called “Influence of the Environment,” which
you could use to record the relevant data, together with details of
the documents where it was found. It is best to restrict each node
so it only contains data relating to one theme. However, the same
piece of data can belong to several nodes simultaneously.
There are three types of nodes:
 Free Nodes: These nodes tend to contain ideas which

display no hierarchical structure, or are unrelated to the
ideas contained in other nodes.
 Tree Nodes: These are nodes which belong within

hierarchical structures referring to related ideas. For
example, in our “Influence of the Environment” you may
want to separate the influence between peer group, family,
and geographical location. In this case we could make
“Influence of the Environment” the top level node, and
create subsidiary nodes for ‘peer group,’ ‘family,’ and
‘geographical location.’
 Case Nodes: For the purposes of this training we will not

be dealing with case nodes. Information on Case Nodes is
available via NNivo online Help.
It is more usual to create nodes from within your documents, but in
this case we will create our nodes separately. You may wish to do
this if, for example, you already know the themes and ideas you
are looking for.
14.1 Creating a Free Node

In the Navigation View, click on Nodes
Click on Free Nodes in the folder list.
Right click in the List View and select New Free Node. This
displays the New Free Node dialog box.
Enter a suitable name and description and select OK.
The new node now appears in the List View.
14.2 Creating a Tree of Nodes

14.2.1 Create a Top Level (Parent) Node
Click on Tree Nodes in the folder list.
Right click in the List View and select New Tree Node. This
displays the New Tree Node dialog box.
The new node is displayed in the List View

14.2.2 Create a Child Node
Click on Tree Nodes in the folder list.
Right click on the desired parent node in the List View and select
New Tree Node. This displays the New Tree Node dialog box.
Enter a suitable name and description for your node…
Select OK
The new tree node appears as a child of the selected parent node.
Exercise 3. Creating Nodes
Objectives To practice creating nodes in your NVivo project
Method Use the instructions provided in the previous section to create

one free node and one tree of nodes.
Your project is to identify the factors influencing students’ choice of a
geology course. You might have already decided upon some factors you
expect to be important. Let’s say that you have decided that ‘Finance’ and
‘Influence of Environment’ are likely to be significant. Further, imagine
that you have decided to break ‘Influence of Environment’ down into ‘Peer
Group,’ ‘Family’ and ‘Geographical Location.’

Create the following nodes:
Type Name Description
Free Finance Influence of financial situation on choice of
course
Tree Influence of Influence of environment upon choice of course
Environment
Create the following tree nodes as children of ‘Influence of Environment:’
Type Name Description
Tree Peer Group Influence of peer group upon choice of course
Tree Family Influence of family upon choice of course
Tree Geographical Influence of geographical location upon choice
Location of course
15 Analysing (Coding) Your Data
Objectives To begin analysing (coding) your data
Method Use the Detail View to scan your documents, and place important
ideas in nodes.
Comments Although we have discussed one method for creating nodes, it is
in fact more usual to create nodes as you are scanning your
documents. In this way you can create nodes to represent ideas
that seem important as you read; you do not need to have already
decided what ideas you are looking for.
This process is called Coding your document.
You can code your ideas in Free nodes, or in Tree nodes, or a
combination of both.
You can even code your data into new nodes as you read your
documents. This is the most often the way you will work; to create
all your nodes in advance you must be able to anticipate all the
themes that will arise from your data. It is rare to be able to do this,
and any attempt to do so will inevitably be coloured by your own
preconceptions. It is usually best to create most of your nodes as
you scan your documents.
15.1 Coding Data into Existing Nodes

Open a document in the Detail View
Begin reading your document in the Document Browser.
Whenever you find a piece of text or an idea that seems to belong
to one of your nodes, highlight it and Right Click
Click on Code Selection
Click on At Existing Nodes
This opens the Select Project Item window
Click on Free Nodes or Tree Nodes as appropriate

Select the required node by selecting it’s tick-box
Click on OK
15.2 Creating a New Free Node While You are Scanning Your
Document
Open the required Document in the Detail View.
Begin reading your document.
When you find an idea that seems important, that you would like to
code into a free node that does not already exist:
 Highlight the required text in the Document Browser
 Right click on the selected text
 Select Code Selection
 Click on At New Node
 This displays the New Node dialog box
 By default, the Location is set at Tree Nodes
 Click on the button
 Click on Free Nodes
 Click on OK. This returns control to the New Node dialog

box
 Enter a suitable name and description
 Click on OK.
The node will now appear amongst the other Free Nodes
15.3 Creating a New Tree Node While You are Scanning Your
Document
Open the required Document in the Detail View.
Begin reading your document.
code into a Tree node that does not already exist:
 Ensure that the Location field shows Tree Nodes
 Click OK
The node will now appear among the other Tree Nodes
Exercise 4. Coding Data
Objectives To analyse and code the data in your project
Method Use the instructions provided in the previous section to code the
data in your project.

Open ‘Interview with Craig’ so it is displayed in the Detail Vies
Read through the document. Code data into existing nodes, and create
new nodes as appropriate.
Hint: ‘Field Trips’ and ‘Open Days’ seem to be factors in Craig’s
interview, so you should create nodes for those. There are many other
factors that could also be identified.
Read through and code the other documents in the project.
16 Browsing and Coding Nodes
Objectives To learn how to use the browse nodes in the Detail View.
Method Use the Detail View to scan your nodes, and refine the way in
which your data is encoded.
Comments Once your data is encoded, you can view and edit the nodes with
the Detail View.
As you read the data encoded in your nodes you may notice that
new themes and ideas emerge. You can capture these by applying
the coding process to your nodes.
For example, in your project you may have a node relating to Field
Trips. By browsing this you notice that field trips were a positive
influence on some, but a negative influence on others. In that case
you may decide to code your node into two new nodes, to
distinguish between the positive and negative influences.
16.1 Opening Your Node

Double-click on the required node in the Folder List.
The node is displayed in the Detail View
16.2 Creating a New Free Node While You are Scanning Your
Document
Open the required node in the Detail View.
Begin reading your Node.
code into a free node that does not already exist:
 Highlight the required text in the Document Browser
 By default, the Location is set at Tree Nodes
 Click on the button
 Click on Free Nodes
 Click on OK. This returns control to the New Node dialog

box
 Click on OK.
The node will now appear amongst the other Free Nodes
16.3 Creating a New Tree Node While You are Scanning Your
Document
Open the required Node in the Detail View.
Begin reading your Node.
code into a Tree node that does not already exist:
 Ensure that the Location field shows Tree Nodes
 Click OK
The node will now appear among the other Tree Nodes
Exercise 5. Coding a Node
Objectives To refine and clarify the data coded into a node.
Method Use the instructions provided in the previous sections to code the
Field Trips node. This node contains data on both the positive
and negative influences of field trips. We will code this data to
separate these out for further analysis.

Open the node Field Trips (or the equivalent in your project) so it is
displayed in the Detail view..
Use the Coding facility to create a new Tree Node, called Field Trip
Influences, with two child nodes, Positive influences and Negative
Influences.
Proceed to code the data in the Field Trips node (open in the browser)
into the Positive influences and Negative Influences nodes.
Browse your other nodes. Code any further refinements you think may be
necessary.
17 Summarising Your Findings
Objectives To learn how to use the NVivo Chart facilities, to summarise your
analysis.
Method Use the Coding Chart facility to summarise your data
Comments Once your data is encoded, you can create a coding Chart to
summarise how nodes are coded within documents. The coding
chart will show how much of each document is taken up by each
node.
17.1 Generate a Coding Chart

Click on the Nodes button in the navigation view.
Click on the folder containing the node so the node is displayed in
the List View
Right-click on the required node.
Select Chart Free Node Coding (or Chart Tree Node Coding)
from the dropdown list.
The Coding Chart is displayed in the Detail View
APPENDIX: Further Information
FURTHER READING
The following text is recommended:
GIBBS. G.R. (2002) Qualitative Data Analysis :Explorations with NVivo. Open University
Press. Buckingham.
Copies are held at all three of LJMU’s Learning Resource Centres. Its class number is
300.285 53 GIB. See the LJMU Library Catalogue to check availability.
USING NVIVO FROM HOME

Nvivo is available to all members of LJMU for home use. See page
http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/cis/software/homeuse/index.htm
For instructions on how to download this and all other home-use software.

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QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS WITH

 Create a project database to manage research items.

 Add documents to the project.

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1 Introduction: Quantitative and Qualitative Research.......................................3

3 Opening QSR NVivo on the LJMU Network.......................................................7

4 Exploring an Existing Project..............................................................................9

Exercise 1. Create a Project................................................................................17

6 Preparing to Import Data....................................................................................19

7 Importing Text Data into your NVivo Project...................................................21

8 Creating a New Document in Your Project......................................................23

9 Importing Videos and Graphics........................................................................25

Exercise 2. Import Data into your Project..........................................................29

12 Watching and Annotating Videos..................................................................35

13 Working with Images.......................................................................................37

Exercise 3. Creating Nodes.................................................................................41

15 Analysing (Coding) Your Data........................................................................43

Exercise 4. Coding Data.......................................................................................47

16 Browsing and Coding Nodes.........................................................................49

Exercise 5. Coding a Node..................................................................................51

17 Summarising Your Findings...........................................................................53

APPENDIX: Further Information..............................................................................55

 Quantitative research is based on numbers, and usually involves some form

 Qualitative research usually involves data in the form of interview transcripts,

Double Click on this icon. This opens the library drive.

Copy the contents to some folder on the D: drive of your PC.

3.1 Opening NVivo

Enter a user name and select OK.

4.1 Opening the Volunteering Project

This opens the Volunteering Project

Double click on any of these folders to display a list of data items

Double click on one of these items to open it in a detail view

 Internal – data that has been imported into the

 External – documents referring to data that has

The upper pane of the navigation view is context-sensitive, so clicking on

4.4 Closing a Project

5.1 Create a Project

5.2 Apply Structure to the Project

Enter the required details and click ‘OK’

Method Use the instructions provided in the previous sections to create a

Instructions Open NVivo and create a new project.

6.1 Format your Document

6.2 Store document as RTF format

7.1 Import Files from Outside Nvivo (Internals)

8.1 Create a new Document

Enter a suitable filename and (optional) description.

9.1 Import a Video

Enter a suitable name and description in the relevant boxes, if necessary

Enter a suitable name and description in the relevant boxes, if necessary

9.3 Use Document Explorer to Delete Documents

Method Use the instructions provided in the previous section to import

Instructions Open the project ‘Geography’ if it is not already open.

 Interview with Craig.rtf

 Interview with John.rtf

 Interview with June.rtf

 Interview with Mary.rtf

10.1 Browsing a Document from the Document Explorer

Close the document by clicking on the button in the Detail

11.1 Use the Annotation Tool.