These are the slides of a NVivo workshop delivered by Brenda Padilla at the University of Northampton.

1. Qualitative Data Analysis
Using NVivo
An Introduction Workshop
Facilitator: Brenda Cecilia Padilla Rodriguez May 21, 2014

2. Aims of this workshop
Explore the basic functions of Nvivo:
Adding data sources.
Creating a node tree.
Coding.
Create a project.
Practice deductive and inductive qualitative data
coding using NVivo.
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3. Establishing a common language
Qualitative analysis
Identification, examination and interpretation of themes in the data to
answer research questions.
Themes
Patterns in the data
Nodes (also called codes!)
Usually a word or short phrase that captures the essence or salient
attributes of a portion of data.
Coding
Process of assigning nodes to data
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4. What is NVivo?
It is a qualitative data analysis software.
It is useful for coding…
o Interviews
o Messages in a discussion forum
o Focus group sessions
o Documents
o And more!
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5. Let’s start!
Objective
To evaluate participants’ course expectations before delivery.
Data sources
http://tinyurl.com/nvivo-sd
Idea of how to code
Inductive (emergent themes)
Deductive (based on theory)
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6. Basics
Create a node tree for online experience (low, medium,
high).
Select parent node and the click on Create > Node.
Code online learning experience.
Analyze > Code selection at > Existing node
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DONE?
Create a journal to keep track of your research progress. Include
the objective of this exercise (to evaluate participants’ expectations
before the course).
Create > Memos

7. Induction (emergent themes)
Code participants’ course expectations.
Read data sources, identify themes, create nodes and then code:
Analyze > Code selection at > Existing node
Code as you go: Analyze > Code In Vivo
Compare your nodes with a colleague.
Find examples of your codes by double-clicking a node.
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DONE?
Record extra notes. Example: North-S4 is excited about online
learning. Is this an opportunity that should be taken advantage of?
Add an annotation about it!
Analyze > New Annotation

8. Deduction (theory based)
Check coding scheme: http://tinyurl.com/nvivo-cs
Match your node tree to the coding scheme.
Rename: Right click - Node properties
Delete nodes you don’t need or use an “other” node.
Compare your coding with a colleague.
What were the main course expectations of participants?
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DONE?
Read about inter-rater reliability in Nvivo:
http://tinyurl.com/nvivo-ir
(Warning: Advanced stuff!)

9. Extra!
Add data sources 6-7 (image and audio).
External data > Pictures
External data > Audio
Code by selecting parts of the image or the audio
(you can have a transcript there).
Check how the code examples are provided
(coordinates in images and time in audios).
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