NVivo
What is NVivo?
NVivo is a qualitative data analyis software package for research.
- Used to code and analyse qualitative data, such as:
- filled in questionnaires,
- open-ended surveys,
- transcriptions of focus groups,
- transcripts of interviews or
- other text-based data.
- Helps a researcher retrieve specific quotes based on various search criteria.
- Extracts relationships and represents tabular data which can be exported into quantitative (statistical) software packages.
- Diagramatic representations can be created to help understand information.
NVivo preview
- NVivo7, a preview [PPT 3.3MB 47 pages]
Guides & training
NVivo 7 2008, a research guide
- where to access NVivo 7 on campus;
- how to purchase a licensed copy;
- training opportunities on campus;
- links to NVivo support materials produced by QSR.
From QSR International
- 30 day trial version of NVivo 7
- Getting started guide [PDF 1.6MB 21 pages]
- Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
- Discussion list (QSR Forum)
NVivo tutorial
Teach-yourself NVivo 7: the introductory tutorials - opens in a new window.
Each tutorial (© Copyright 2006 Lyn Richards) explores in software the techniques and processes described in a chapter of Handling Qualitative Data: a practical guide, London, Sage, 2005.
(The tutorials) are designed as exercises to take you through all the basic functions of the NVivo 7 software, with guidance to its interface and processes, as you set up and commence your own project.
- Setting up your project [PDF 378kb 9 pages]
- Creating and importing sources [PDF 327kb 9 pages]
- Managing data: cases, attributes and sets [PDF 279kb 10 pages]
- Editing and linking: getting "up from the data" [PDF 312kb 10 pages]
- Coding, and working with coded data [PDF 509kb 17 pages]
- Relationships and other nodes: handling ideas [PDF 289kb 10 pages]
- Seeing it in models [PDF 716kb 9 pages]
- Finding items and querying the data [PDF 396kb 15 pages]
- Exploring patterns in matrices [PDF 293kb 9 pages]
- Reporting and showing your project [PDF 333kb 9 pages]
NVivo 7 on a Mac
NVivo 7 will work on Intel-based Macintosh machines (Mac OS X v10.5 or later) using the Apple software product Boot Camp. 'Boot Camp' allows users to install Windows XP and switch between Macintosh and Windows operating systems.
NVivo 7 will not work using Microsoft Virtual PC for Macintosh. QSR will continue to monitor any news about both Microsoft Virtual PC for Macintosh and Apple Boot Camp and provide further updates as these technologies continue to improve