This course is a two day course separated by at least two weeks.
Day 1 - Introduction to NVivo
Prerequisites:
- Conducting Research or Analysing Qualitative Data.
- Have NVivo installed on PC/Laptop
Overview: The objective of the course is to equip the group with enough knowledge to enable people to begin their project using a computer-aided methodology. However, they will not possess the requisite skills to carry out more advanced tasks. An intermediate level training day (Day 2 would achieve that end.
Target Group: Any member of staff involved in Research and data Analysis
Trainer: Ben Meehan, QDATRAINING Ltd, Consultant/Trainer for Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis Projects
Main Topics:
Morning:
- Introduction – why use a computer for qualitative analysis? The pros and Cons
- The theoretical project – a conceptual overview of four key decisions to be made concerning research design as you approach your project
- A tour of NVivo (theory applied)
Afternoon:
- Building your database and coding your data
- Setting up and backing up your project
- Importing your data
- Setting up and linking your demographic/profiling information
- Creating a coding structure and coding to it
Scope:
The balance of day 1 (building your database) is conceptual and covers many planning decisions associated with gathering, importing and coding your qualitative data in a database environment. There is a practical element to the day. By the end of the workshop participants will understand the advantages and limitations of using a computer for qualitative data analyses and will know how to set-up a database, how to import data and how to code data. They will also understand the potential of NVivo as a tool for organising, questioning and reporting on their data so that they can truly support and defend their findings.
Day 2 - NVivo underway – Analysing your data
Overview: The objective is to equip participants with the requisite skills to carry out more advanced tasks.
Target Group: Any member of staff involved in Research and data Analysis
Prerequisites:
- Have attended Day 1 Introduction
- Conducting Research or Analysing Qualitative Data.
- Have NVivo installed on PC/Laptop
Trainer: Ben Meehan, QDATRAINING Ltd, Consultant/Trainer for Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis Projects
Main Topics:
The objective of this workshop is to conduct a piece of analysis using raw data and a research question. By the end of the session, the participants will have:
Set up a database with a robust architecture
Analysed the data using queries and manual analysis where appropriate
Reported on the findings
Data collection:
Mixed method questionnaire collecting demographics along with quantitative and qualitative questions
Analysis:
- Import Questionnaires
- Import Quantitative data and match cases
- Use coding query (simple) to address part 1 of the research question (creating groups)
- Target a participant set and use coding query (advanced) to group them
- Auto-code their qualitative responses to a single node
- Code on their responses to identify reasons for change
- Export results and report graphically on weighting of themes
- Share information using “Annotations”
- Link to the literature using “See Also Links”
- Generate preliminary findings using “Memos” (proposition/summary statements) Test preliminary findings against demographics to further explore/analyse results using “Visualisations”
- Further interrogate data by automated coding by demographic value (gender) using an advanced coding query
- Use text search to augment manual coding and integrate results
- Use a compound query to refine searches
- Use matrix for deeper integration/exploration of relationships within the data
- Share/report data with non NVivo users using HTML Word and Excel export options
- Demonstrate “Word Frequency Searches”, “Coding Comparisons Query” and working with PDFs
Open Session:
Finally, there will be an open session at the end of the workshop to facilitate people who wish to work with their own data which will also provide the opportunity for a question and answer dialogue where all parties to the workshop can learn from each other
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