Post on 05-Sep-2019
NVIvo 12 workshop
Hui Bian
Office for Faculty Excellence
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Contact information
Email: bianh@ecu.edu
Phone: 328-5428
1001 Joyner Library, room 1006
Website: http://core.ecu.edu/ofe/StatisticsResearch/
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Goals of workshop
Know how to organize data and results
How to create nodes through coding
How to run Word frequency query
How to run Text search query
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Data sample
Data sample used is: Environmental Change Down East
Researchers conducted many
interviews
Gather newspaper articles
Photographs and maps
A survey
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Open NVivo
If it is the first launch of the software,
you need to put your initial in.
If it is not the first launch of the
software, you should see this interface:
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Open NVivo
Your research study is called Project
in NVivo.
Click Blank Project to get this
window
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Open NVivo
Title: is your NVivo
project file name
Click Browse to tell
NVivo where you want
to save this project file
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Open NVivo
The initial of current user profile
are displayed on the status
bar.
In a team project, user profile
can be used to keep track of
the work done by team
members.
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NVivo HELP
NVivo help: go to File > Help
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NVivo help: From QSR 11
Iterative
process
NVivo help
“Remember that NVivo
can help you to manage,
explore and find patterns
in your data but it cannot
replace your analytical
expertise.”
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Components of NVivo
project
Here is the structure of NVivo
project
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Prepare documents for
import
Use Excel to document the demographics of your participants.
Use Word (texts or table) to document video and audio contents.
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Data: Files
Use folders to organize
your data
Files are your primary
sources materials.
We create three
subfolders under Files
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Bring your data into NVivo
Highlight Files and Click
Create tab, select Folder
We need to create three
folders: interview, dataset,
and picture
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Bring your data into NVivo
Highlight Files and Click
Create tab, select Folder
We need to create three
folders: interview, dataset,
and picture
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Creating folders
Exercise: create three sub-
folders: Interview, Dataset,
and Pictures.
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Import documents
Documents Transcribed interviews
Focus group discussions
Observations
Field notes
Survey responses
Policy documents
Other text materials
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Import documents
Documents: material
formats
Word files
Rich text format (.rtf)
Text (.txt)
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Import documents
Import documents
Click Interview subfolder
(make sure this subfolder is
opened)
Click Import > Files
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Import documents
The following interview files are
imported: Barbara, Charles,
Dorothy, Margaret, Robert, Susan,
Thomas, Williams
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Import documents
Documents in Interview
subfolder
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Import documents
Double click document
name. The document is
displayed in Detail View.
You can edit this document
by clicking ‘Click to edit’.
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Import documents
Edit documents
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Import videos
Import video files into NVivo
Formats
Audio(.mp3, .wma, .wav)
Video (.mpg, .mpeg, .mpe, .wmv, .avi, .mov, .qt, .mp4)
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Import videos
Import video or audio files
Click Interviews subfolder
Click Import > Files
We import one video file:
Ken.wmv
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Import videos
After import video to Nvivo
and open video file, you
should see a new tab called
Video Tools.
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Transcribe video clip
Transcribe video clip while listen
Open the video source.
Make sure you are in edit mode.
On the Video Tools tab, in the
Playback group, under Play
Mode, click Transcribe.
Select playing speed
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Transcribe video clip
Click Play/Pause.
A new transcript entry is added.
Enter the content.
Click Stop when you have completed an entry. The end time is added to the Timespan field.
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Transcribe video clip
Here is an example
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Import transcript into
NVivo
Import video and audio transcripts to Nvivo
Open the audio or video source
Click Click to edit
On the Media tab, in the Import group, click Import Rows.
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Import VIDEO transcript
into NVivo
Click this arrow to choose Table Row
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Import VIDEO transcript
into NVivo
Match Transcript Filed with
Import Data Field
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Import VIDEO transcript
into NVivo
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Edit transcripts in NVivo
Edit transcripts in NVivo
Under Normal mode, select the row or timespan you want to listen to.
On the Video Tools > Edit tab, click Play Selected Rows.
You can make any changes for the content.
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Import pictures into NVivo
Import a picture
Click sub-folder: Pictures
Click Import > Files > Pictures
Open picture, then we get
Pictures Tools tab
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Import pictures into NVivo 38
Editing pictures
Edit a picture
To create a note about the whole
picture: simply type in the Content
column
To create a note about a portion of the
picture: type the contents in the log and
select whole log row.
Click and drag on the image to make a
selection.
On the picture tab: click Assign Region to
Rows
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Editing pictures 40
Select a
part of the
picture
Select this row
Click
Import datasets into NVivo
Import Excel dataset
Our example contains survey responses.
With brief text entries will serve as classifications (such as age or gender).
Click Datasets sub-folder
Click Data > Survey > From Microsoft Excel File
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Import dataset into NVivo
Import > Excel
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Import dataset into NVivo
The respondents will be
stored as cases.
Closed-ended questions
(demographics) are
created as case attributes.
Open-ended questions are
created as nodes.
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Import dataset into NVivo
Click Next to get
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Import dataset into NVivo
Click Next to get
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The ID variable in our dataset is Respondent. The name
of new classification sheet is Survey Respondent. You
can change the name to something else.
Import dataset into NVivo
We need to tell NVivo
the type of survey
questions: closed-ended
or open-ended
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Import dataset into NVivo
Click Next to get
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Import dataset into NVivo
Click Finish
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Import dataset into NVivo
Inside Datasets folder, we see
imported Survey data excel
file.
Click Nodes > Survey data: we
see
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Import dataset into NVivo
Click Nodes > Survey data
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Five new nodes were automatically created
based on five open-ended questions. The
number of references is 104 because we have
104 respondents.
Import dataset into NVivo
Click Cases > Survey data
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They are case
nodes.
Import dataset into NVivo
Select any case node and
right click, choose Open
Classification Sheet
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Import datasets into NVivo
Unver Cases, Click
Classifications > Case
Classifications
If we click the plus sign in front
of Survey Repondent, we will
get a detailed information of
this classification.
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Import datasets into NVivo
Case classification
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ReturnDate, Township,
etc., are
demographics. They
are also attributes. You
can click each
attribute to edit.
Codes: Nodes
Node: a place to store
references about themes,
case, or relationship.
Two types of nodes
Theme nodes
Case nodes
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Nodes
Theme nodes: “a collection
of references about a
specific theme, topic,
concept, idea or
experience.”
We gather evidence for
themes by coding data at
the node.
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Nodes
Case node: a place to
store demographics
attributes to a case
Use them as the basis for
comparison
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Coding
Coding data is a way of
gathering references to a
specific topic, theme,
person or other entity.
The process of coding can
generate themes.
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Coding
Coding strategies
Working in a data file, select
content and code it.
Auto coding: for survey
questions
Coding using queries: Word
frequency and text search
Coding in a node
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Theme nodes
The references are stored in a
node.
The same piece of text can
be stored in many nodes.
You can store portions of
image, video, or audio in a
node.
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Create a new node folder
Nodes can be stored under
the general Nodes folder or subfolders.
Examples: create a new
node subfolder labeled as:
Themes.
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Create theme nodes and
CodingCreate a node without
coding
Example: one theme
emerged from the data:
Environmental change.
Open Themes folder
Create > Node
Type Environmental change.
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Create theme nodes and
Coding
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Create theme nodes and
Coding
Interview of Barbara as an
example
Read the content and
highlight anything related to
any new themes
Drag the content to
environmental change node
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Create theme nodes and
Coding
We also use the same content
to create a new node called
Water quality
Drag the same content to the
left side
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Create theme nodes and
Coding
We get this window: type the
name of the new node
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Create theme nodes and
Coding
Here is the result: inside Themes
folder, we have two nodes.
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Create theme nodes and
Coding
Open any node, then open the
source data
The coded texts or sentences are
highlighted.
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Case nodes
In NVivo, cases are nodes that
represent subjects in research
study.
We can have case nodes for
people, places, organizations,
etc.
Case nodes are connected to
the case classification
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Case nodes
Create a case node
We want to create case nodes
for people who were
interviewed.
First create a folder called
Interview participants inside
Case folder
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Case nodes
Interview participant
folder
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Case nodes
Create case nodes from data
Select all interview transcripts
Click Home > In the Item
group, click Create as Cases
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Case nodes
Create cases by importing
case classifications
(recommended)
We should put cases’
demographic information in an
Excel file
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Case nodes
Make sure case nodes are
selected
Import > click Classification
sheets
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Case nodes
Select Case classification
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Case nodes 80
Case nodes 81
Case nodes
Click Classifications, we should
see Subjects classification
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Case nodes
View classification sheet in
case nodes
Select all cases nodes
Right click > Open
Classification Sheet
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Remove coding
Remove coding at selected
nodes
Select the content or source
you want to uncode.
Click Node Tools > Node,
click Uncode from this node
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Query: word frequency
Word frequency: Query >
Word Frequency
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Query: word frequency
We want to run word
frequency for the 30
most frequent and exact
matches.
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Query: word frequency
Go to Explore > Word
Frequency: we want to get
30 most frequently used
words
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Query: word frequency
Summary
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Query: word frequency
Highlight any word and
right click, we can add
this word to the Stop
Words List.
For example Henry: we
don’t want Henry in our
word frequency search
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Query: word frequency
Word Frequency results: word
cloud
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Query: word frequency
Get a picture file of
word cloud
Right click the word
cloud > Click Export Word
Cloud
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Query: word frequency
Highlight any word you think important and code it as a new node
Example: highlight word: water
Right click > Create as node
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Query: word frequency
Look at references for Water node
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Query: word frequency
Look at summary for Water
node
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Query: text search
Example: search
Environmental Change
Text search: Explore >
Text Search
Key words:
Environment OR/AND
Change
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Query: text search
Text search criteria
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Click Special, you can choose AND, OR,
NOT, etc. The slider controls how exact the
search is.
Query: text search
Search results
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Query: text search
Select interview transcript for
Barbara, all keywords are
highlighted.
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Query: text search
Read highlighted texts
and code them into new
nodes or into existing
nodes.
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Relationship nodes
Relationships must be based on existing
items
Relationship nodes consist of three
elements
Two project items
A relationship type
Nvivo includes only one relationship
type by default, Associated. You can
create additional types.
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Relationship nodes
First create a relationship type
We are going to create a new type called threatened
Under Codes folder, highlight Relationship Types folder and right click > New Relationship Type
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Relationship nodes
A new relationship type:
Threatened
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Relationship nodes
Create a relationship node
Highlight relationships
folder
Go to Create > click
Relationship (in Nodes
group)
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1. Click first Select for From, then
choose Environmental change
node.
2. Select Relationship Type: choose
“threatened ”.
3. Click second Select for To, then
choose Water quality node.
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Relationship nodes
The next step is
gathering evidence for
relationship nodes. We
need to do some
coding.
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