Chapter-11

Using coding and queries to further analysis

   
Group-5
SL. No Name ID

1 MD. AL-AMIN 17 MGT 027

2 FATHEMA TUJJOHORA 17 MGT 028

3 SOMA RANI MANDOL 17 MGT 029

4 ISTIAQUE AHMED 17 MGT 030

5 MD ANISUR RAHMAN BIPLOB 17 MGT 031

6 SOUROV SADHU 17 MGT 032

 The analytic journey
 Start your analysis with a question, a concept, a puzzle, and explore
from there.
 building up until you reach an integrated picture.
 Asking questions of the data .
 Thinking through how to pursue ways of answering them.
 Go back to the methodological literature.
 Read theory
 describe, compare, relate.
 Where are you going?
Outcomes of your work with your project might include:
 Thick description
 Theory development
 Theory testing
 Practical application
 Queries in NVivo
 Through seven different query tools in NVivo searching and
asking question of deta is managed.
 It Allowyou to construct and find data to answer the unique
questions .
 What do queries do?
Each query has two main components:
 1. The query: the customized language you use to ask a
question.
2 .The results: The data NVivo presents to you after you
run a query.
 Saving queries and saving results
 The query and its results do not automatically save or
update
 saving the query as you start to work with NVivo
 Saving queries and saving results
 The results when saved can be reflected upon and used iteratively in
further queries.
 Run the first search with a different scope .
 Enter the saved results from a first query as a data item in a further
query.
 Keeping track of conclusions
 Make a practice of immediately recording what you learn .
 Avoid printing off endless text reports from your data.
COMMON FEATURES IN QUERIES
NVIVO HAS SELECTIONS BUILT INTO EVERY QUERY THAT HELP YOU
CREATE THE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS.

TO CREATE A QUERY
 IN NAVIGATION VIEW, MAKE SURE THE QUERIES FOLDER IS
SELECTED.
 IN LIST VIEW, RIGHT-CLICK > NEW QUERY > [YOUR CHOICE OF
QUERY TO RUN]
 Add to project
one move to help you keep track and go back to tinker with the query later is easy! Check
the box next to Add To Project.

Three (sometimes two) main tabs

 to remind you of what the query was designed to do.

Criteria General:In this tab you name the query, and optionally
also provide a description :Depending on the query, this tab presents you with several
windows for adding the specific instructions.

 :
Query Options This tab (present in four of the seven queries) provides a range of options for
managing your results.
 Scoping to selected data All queries additionally offer the option to specify
which sources or other data items the query should look through, and whether the
search should be restricted to coding undertaken by a particular team member.

 Run or OK?
Generally, once you set up the query, you will choose to Run the query. This will
both save the query and run it. If you did not elect to save the query, the OK button
will be dimmed.

 Results nodes If you choose to save the results of your query, either as you are
setting up your query through Query Options or after you have viewed the
preview (Right-click > Store Query Results).
 Seven queries
 Text-mining queries: Text-mining queries search the text material in
the database for specific words or phrases.

 Theory-building queries: Theory-building queries help to explore

the relationship among the items in database.

 Clerical queries :Clerical queries provide output to help you manage

components of the analytic process.
 Text-mining queries

Word frequency query A word frequency query catalogues the words

used most often in the data or a subset of the data, up to 1,000 words. For
example: Find the top 20 words used to describe the natural environment in the
survey responses.

Text search queryA text search query searches for words or phrases you
specify, with or without wildcards, in the data or a subset of the data. For
example, search for fish* to find all mentions of fish and also fishing, fished,
fishermen and fishes.
 Theory-building queries
 Matrix coding query
In a matrix coding query, pairs of items are cross-tabulated and displayed as a matrix. For example: Explore
interviewees’ attitudes to some aspects of the natural environment. Matrix coding query – frequencies of
responses for each row–column combination.

 Coding query
A coding query finds text or other data in response to a single, sometimes complex question involving
multiple nodes and/or attribute values. For example: Find all the data coded at memorable quotes but only if
the data are also in any of the selected nodes Habitat or Landscape. If you are including an attribute so you
can compare this group with others, consider using a matrix coding query.
 Compound query
A compound query finds content specified by a combination of two sub queries
(text search and/or coding queries).
For example: (a) find the word fish* (or variations) near the word policy or
policies, as long as they are within the same paragraph, reporting both finds and text
in between find the word fish* in text that is coded at a combination of Ecosystem
services and Policy, management.
 Clerical queries
 Group query
A group query finds items that are associated with other items in your project and presents output in
the form of lists (groups).

 Coding comparison query

A coding comparison query compares the coding of two coders (or two groups of coders) and
provides output in the form of a table with the nodes of interest and the source files that were coded.

 Advanced thinking with queries

We described the overall purpose and function of queries and the general features common across
queries. We also reviewed the three groups (and seven kinds) of queries provided in NVivo.
 Using coding and queries to further
analysis
 Should be well practised in applying strategies for reviewing
concepts stored at nodes.
 Push thinking about using your nodes.
 Applying queries to find answers to your research questions.
Starting from nodes, building associations
 Choose a node which appears to be quite central to your current
thinking about your topic.
 Going further with cases
 Some projects will focus around one case .
 Before bringing the multiple cases together ,take a qualitative approach.

Within-case analysis:
 X Use a simple coding query to review what a node looks like .
 Search for text within a case to determine whether or how a particular person
used a particular expression.
 a matrix coding query to undertake within-case comparisons.
 Cross-case analysis
 After writing a summary or building a model of each case read
through those summaries or revew those models.
 Now, it is ready for cross analysis.
Cross-case analysis using a matrix coding query
 Search for context of rawsn and columns.
 This will find the text for each specified item.
 Display it in table formate allowing to compare across cases.
 Cross-case analysis using framework matrices
 Create a link
 select and copy a passage from the data that support your summary statement.
 select the part of the summary they support .
 Right-click > New Summary Link.
Counting and analysing text
 One might count the number of times an issue is raised .
 Or The number of people raising it.
 Creating and customizing reports
 NVivo provides a range of export options and standard report
formats.
 instead of a full digest of report offer a couple of pointers to things
you might consider.
We will consider here how to filter, run and view a
predefined report, and how to modify a predefined report .
 Selecting, filtering and viewing predefined
reports
 Shape them to suit your particular needs by using the optional filters.
 Selecting and running one of these reports without filtering, may generate a very
large amount of useless information.

Using a predefined report

 To see a description of what any predefined report provides,
 Right-click > Report Properties.
 Modifying a predefined report
 Select and run the report you think you want to modify .
 In List View , select the report you want to modify .
 Copy it, Paste it (in the same area), and then edit the name .