Looking to use NVivo in your qualitative research? With easy-to-use instructions and screenshots for both Windows and Mac users, this book first covers the basics of coding in NVivo before helping you extend your knowledge and confidence using the software.
But this is more than just a ‘how to’ software manual. Each chapter offers rich, methodological discussions that interweave qualitative thinking with technology, enabling you to develop a sophisticated research practice.
Starting with how to navigate the software before moving on to different types of data you might use – such as text, images, and social media data – and how to code and visualise that data, each chapter helps you develop your skill in using NVivo to support effective qualitative analysis.
The book also:
- Helps you understand why and when to use NVivo tools and how to combine them creatively;
- Includes a new chapter on visualising and reporting on your data using NVivo;
- Provides practical support for using NVivo 14, including fully updated screenshots, click-by-click instructions, screencast videos, and datasets for you to try what you’ve learned.
Designed for anyone who wants to use NVivo in their research, this book is the go-to for conducting robust qualitative data analysis.
Table of Content
Chapter 1: Where to begin?
Chapter 2: Navigating NVivo
Chapter 3: Teamwork
Chapter 4: Literature and interview text-files
Chapter 5: Working with pictures, audio and video
Chapter 6: Working with demographics, surveys, and social media files
Chapter 7: Coding foundations
Chapter 8: Cases, classifications and comparisons
Chapter 9: Coding beyond basics
Chapter 10: Querying data
Chapter 11: Visualisations and reporting on patterns in your data
About the author
Pat Bazeley is Director of Research Support P/L and Adjunct Professor in the Translational Research and Social Innovation Centre at Western Sydney University. Since graduating in psychology, she has worked in community development, as an evaluation researcher, and in academic research development. For almost 30 years Pat has been providing research training and project consulting to academics, graduate students and practitioners representing a wide range of disciplines across Australia and internationally. Her particular expertise is in helping researchers to make sense of qualitative, survey, and mixed methods data, and to use computer programs for management and analysis of data. Pat’s research has focused on qualitative and mixed methods data analysis, the development and performance of researchers, and the wellbeing of older women. She has published books, chapters, and articles on mixed methods and qualitative data analysis. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Mixed Methods Research and was 2015–2016 President of the Mixed Methods International Research Association.
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