This document provides an overview of how to use NVivo, a qualitative data analysis software. It outlines the NVivo interface and how to create a new project. It describes how to organize sources by importing them into the project and coding them with nodes. It also discusses how to visualize nodes and sources, perform word queries, and export simple reports. The document serves as an introduction to the basic functions and analysis capabilities of NVivo.

1. 7 November 2017
Some slides adapted from QSR International guide to use Nvivo and IS workbook of
introduction to use NVivo

2. Outline:
Introduction
NVivo interface orientation
Creating a new project
Organizing your sources
Importing sources
Coding text sources with Nodes
Visualizing nodes and sources
Word count, word tree and word
cloud query
Exporting simple reports
Analysis

3. What is Nvivo ?
It is a software tool produced by QSR international for storing,
organizing and querying non-numerical or un-structured data
(Qualitative research).

4. Qualitative Data Analysis Process
Coding Categories Themes Theory

5. NVivo interface orientation

6. Creating a new project
File menu
New
Give name to your project and
save it in your computer

7. Organizing your sources
Select sources
(in navigation pane)
Right click on Internals
Select new folder
Name the folder
(Interviews, Audio,
Pictures,…..etc)

8. Organizing your sources

9. Importing sources

10. Coding text sources with Nodes
Nodes in
navigation pane
Nodes folder
Right click in the
main window,
select new node
Name your node
(eg: tourism)
Description box,
(details on the
parameters of
use for this
node)
Ok

11. Coding text sources with Nodes

12. sources
Interviews folder
Open one interview document
Click on nodes button
(nodes list with source appear in
detail pane)
Highlight relevant text and
then drag and drop in
appropriate node

13. Auto-coding
It will code your data based on eg: interview
question.
Take care that not all information related to the node
will be presented by participant under one question.

14. Visualizing nodes and sources
View tab
Select Highlight
and coding
stripes (in coding
section)

15. Create a node report
Double click in
selected node
Or right click on
the node within
the list…select
open

16. Remove code
Select the
code
Right click
Un code
Right click
on relevant
coding strip
Un code
OR

17. Node hierarchies (sub nodes)
Select nodes
button in
navigation pane
Click on the node
to highlight it
Then click, drag
and drop onto
another node
Left click on the
node to select the
sub-node
Right click and
select copy
Move mouse over
blank area at the
bottom of nodes
list and right click
and select paste

18. Coding image, Video and Audio
sources
Usually used in documentary projects.

19. Visualizing nodes and sources
Visualization: is to generate a graph of nodes
associated with a particular source.
These created models may give you a new insights on
your data.

20. A. Visualizing nodes of one source
Sources, select
interview that
coded
Explore tab,
select Explore
Diagram
Save (right click
over graph and
select Export
diagram)

21. B. Visualizing codes between two
sources or nodes
Explore tab,
select
Comparison
Diagram
Select compare
sources, then
select two
sources.
Click Ok

22. Word frequency, word cloud and
word tree query
It help you to see unexpected associations in transcripts.
It help you to see contexts of use of particular words that
could give insight for analysis.

23. Word frequency and word tree query
Query tab,
select Text
Search
In box of
(search for)
type word or
phrase
You can
changing find
slider.. Not
always advisable
Run Query

24. Word tree query

25. Word frequency and word cloud
Query tab,
select word
frequency
In box of
(search for)
type word or
phrase
You can
changing find
slider.. Not
always advisable
Run Query

26. Word cloud query

27. Exporting simple reports
1. Exporting coded extracts
Click on Nodes button
(in navigation pane)
Right click on one of the
nodes
Select Export, then
Export Node
Select Entire Content,
then Ok
Documents on the
computer and open the

28. Exporting simple reports
2. Exporting sources with their codes
Select sources
(in navigation pane)
Right click on one
interview and open
Right click over detail
view and select print
Select in the print
options coding stripes
has print on same page

29. Connecting participant demographics
to their interview
Create
Case
classification
Write
participants on
name area of
the box appear
Ok
Classification
Case
classification
Right click on
participants
Choose new
attributes
Write eg:
gender
Click on Value
Write male and
female
Ok

30. Continue
Source
Highlight all
interviews
Right click and
choose create
as
Create as a
case
Classification
Case
classification
Double click on
participants
Assign gender
for each
participant

31. Analysis based on attributes
Query
Matrix
coding
Choose
columns
and rows
ok, then
add
Run

34. Further Resources
QSR video tutorials: http://www.qsrinternational.com/support_tutorials.aspx
Follow QSR on twitter for information about free training seminars, updates and tips: @QSRInt
Mantra practical on research data management (data files are in NVivo 9):
http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/softwarepracticals.html
Bazeley, P. Resources for qualitative data analysis and users of NVivo
http://www.researchsupport.com.au/ (website with freely available resources)
Bazeley, P. and Jackson, K. (2013). Doing qualitative data analysis with NVivo. 2nd Ed. London:
SAGE.
LinkedIn NVivo Users Group – good source of advice from experienced users. Free, but requires
a LinkedIn account and application to join the grouhttps://www.linkedin.com/groups/NVivo-Users-
Group-145388/about
Learn Nvivo: the basics [video tutorial course]. Lynda. Released 23 Nov 2016. (uses the basic
NVivo 11 Starter version) https://www.lynda.com/NVivo-tutorials/Learn-NVivo-Basics/530082-
2.html?org=ed.ac.uk