DECISION MAKING PROCESS IN PAP

SMEAR TEST: A NOVICE’S EXPERIENCE

WITH CAQDAS (NVIVO) TO EXPEDITE

ANALYSIS

ANISAH BAHAROM

UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

MALAYSIA

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TALKING POINTS….

MY STUDY

WHAT NVIVO CAN DO

WHAT I WANT

HOW I ACHIEVED

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SCOPE OF DISCUSSION

Working from ‘what I want’ to ‘how to get the

computer to do it’ for me

Using sets and queries in carrying out cross analysis

Tracking the trail of subthemes

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MY STUDY• Aim:

• To explore the process women go through when making

decision regarding pap smear.

• Methods:

• Phenomenological approach

• Purposive sampling – age 20 to 65, Malay, married, with

children, had pap smear done, rural area

• Semi-structured face-to face individual interviews; recorded

• Consent for interview & recording

• 12 women

• Preliminary Result:

• Seven elements

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MY STUDY

Information acquirement

Emotions

Information seeking

Final push

Reasoning

Reflections Decision

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WHAT NVIVO CAN DO…..

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WHAT I WANTED……

Process P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

C6

C7

C8

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The process

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Multiple nodes

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HOW I ACHIEVED: Create sets

• 2 methods of creating sets:

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From ‘Sets’ in

Navigation

view

From ‘Nodes’

in Navigation

view

Choosing (Tree) Nodes OR Sets

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Tree Nodes

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HOW I ACHIEVED:

Create sets in ‘Nodes’ in Navigation view

STEP 1 – Identify/select the items I want in a particular set

e.g. Information acquirement

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Note:

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Multiple selection

using ‘Shift’ can

only be done for

the same level of

nodes only.

Can select child

nodes from

different parent

node – hence, can

customize sets and

not adhere to parent

node.

Can add set members

when needed later

(in ‘Sets’ as well as

‘Nodes’ view – right-

click).

HOW I ACHIEVED: Create sets

STEP 2 – Right-mouse click - Create as Set and……..

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HOW I ACHIEVED: Create sets

STEP 3: Name the set – Info acquirement (OK)

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HOW I ACHIEVED: Create sets

STEP 4: See the list of sets in ‘Sets’ in Navigation View and the set members

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HOW I ACHIEVED: Queries

STEP 5: Do cross analysis using sets – go to Queries.

Also use it to double cross-check in the

initial stages of data entry.

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HOW I ACHIEVED: Queries

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HOW I ACHIEVED: Queries

Select ‘Cases’ for ‘Rows’

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HOW I ACHIEVED: QueriesSelect ‘Sets’ for ‘Columns’ and select the particular sets

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HOW I ACHIEVED: Queries

Fill up for Matrix

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HOW I ACHIEVED: Queries

Fill up ‘Query options’ and ‘Run’

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HOW I ACHIEVED: Queries results

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HOW I ACHIEVED: Create sets in ‘Sets’• STEP 1 – Identify the sets

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HOW I ACHIEVED…….

• Step 2 – Add set members

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HOW I ACHIEVED…….• STEP 3 – Select set members

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HOW I ACHIEVED…….

• STEP 5 – Use ‘Sets’ for ‘Queries’

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WHAT NVIVO CAN DO……

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WHAT NVIVO CAN DO……

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WHAT I WANT……What was coded for each case/ particular case

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Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

HOW I ACHIEVED………

Use ‘Grouped Find’ in ‘Tools’ e.g emotions

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HOW I ACHIEVED………

‘Scope’ – select the case > ‘Range’ - select the code e.g

emotions > click ‘Find now’

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HOW I ACHIEVED………

Results

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‘Grouped Find’

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Track nodes

used for a

case

Able to create

case-based

model

‘Man is still the most extraordinary

computer of all’(John F. Kennedy, 1963)

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