NVIVO is a qualitative data analysis software package that allows users to import, sort and analysis rich text and plain text documents, audio files, spread sheets, databases, digital photos, documents, PDFs, bibliography data, web pages and social media data. NVIVO is the most widely used qualitative data analysis package internationally, and is certainly the most popular choice amongst researchers. Previously, qualitative researchers have used highlighter pens, index cards, or even a pair of scissors to analyse their qualitative data. With the advent of packages such as NVIVO, we are now able to achieve better result electronically. NVIVO has the capacity to interchange data with many other software applications for seamless collection of multiple sources of relevant data and information. NVIVO can accommodate information from processing applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel, databases such as IBM SPSS Statistics, bibliographic programs including Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero and RefWorks, web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Google Chrome as well as social media such as Facebook, Twitter, OneNote, EverNote and NCapture. Advantages of using NVIVO include increased flexibility in handling data, easier retrieval of coded information, and analysis tools that allow you to ask questions of the coding that you have conducted.
Datalyst Africa is inviting all interested persons and organisations from any part of this world to a 3-Day NVIVO workshop to be held (Dates - To be advised) in Harare in Zimbabwe. This hands-on workshop will focus on various aspects of qualitative data analysis and mixed methods research using NVIVO. We will provide you with the information and practice you need to install the software and get started with your own project. Using sample data, you’ll create projects in NVIVO and will work with a range of material such as documents, PDFs, audio, video, pictures, spreadsheets and web data. Topics to be addressed include introduction to NVIVO, NVIVO workspace and features, importing and coding documents, literature review in NVIVO, Mendeley and NVIVO, Zotero and NVIVO, themes and ideas, exploring data, sorting, organizing and analyzing data. This three-day workshop will include both theory component and hands-on application (practical component) of the material covered in the workshop. More emphasis will be on the practical aspect. The workshop will also cover further analysis in NVIVO where the following topics will be discussed: Classifying and categorizing data, collections and links, exploring data, models and relationships, visualizing data, reporting and presenting your findings. At the end of this workshop, attendees will have the knowledge to set up a literature reviews in NVIVO and begin to work with information. Attendees will also be able to use NVIVO to explore, organise, sort and analyse data and begin to identify themes, topics or ideas.
Workshop Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Create new projects in NVIVO 11 pro.
- Work with data from a variety of sources (PDFs, Word, Audio, Pictures, Videos, Social Media)
- Organise data using classification and attributes
- Conduct Literature Review in NVIVO 11 Pro
- Combine NVIVO with reference mangers such as Mendeley and Zotero
- Visualise data in tree maps and word trees
- Analyse data using coding, query and links
- Reporting data using model and visualization
- Creating standard and custom reports and extracts in NVIVO 11 Pro.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
DAY 1
- Introducing NVIVO and setting up a project - Introducing NVivo's workspace, Creating and navigating around a project
- Importing and coding documents - Importing documents including PDFs, Creating memos and annotations, Introducing 'nodes' to collect data to support the themes, topics or ideas you identify in the data, Working with node folders.
- Working with your themes and ideas and shaping your findings - Viewing your emerging themes, topics or ideas and their content, Understanding how and where content is being assigned and fine tuning it, Moving, merging and aggregating your themes, topics or ideas
DAY 2
- Importing and coding other items - Importing image and media sources, Importing data-sets and web data
- Literature review in NVIVO - What gets imported from bibliographic software, Mendeley vs Zotero
- Exploring your data - Using text analysis tools including word frequency and text search queries, Storing and exporting your results, Using tools such as the text search query, matrix coding query and Framework Matrix, Exporting your information
- Sorting, organizing and analyzing your information - Identifying themes, topics and ideas and collecting data to support them, Introducing 'nodes' including node folders and creating nodes
DAY 3
- Classifying and categorizing data - Importing classifying or categorical data such as demographics items, Associating classifying data with your text, PDF, datasets, image or media sources.
- Grouping your data: collections and links - Organizing your data into 'sets' and search folders, Finding items in your project quickly
- Exploring your data - Running coding based queries including coding, matrix coding and group queries, Models and relationships, Building and working with models as a way to display ideas, Visualising data & presenting query results as 'tree maps' and 'word trees' to show patterns in data.
- Reporting and presenting your findings - Creating standard and custom reports and extracts
Who uses NVIVO?
- NGOs who use NVIVO to kick start their projects
- Monitoring and Evaluation staff use NVIVO to check projects progress, efficiency and effectiveness
- Academics use NVIVO to produce rigorous research
- Government agencies use NVIVO to deliver evidence- based findings and shape policy
- Businesses use NVIVO in pilot studies, program evaluation and to inform decision making
- Whatever your profession, if you are working with unstructured data, then NVIVO will definitely help you.
Who should attend?
Individual Researchers, NGOs, M&E staff, Lecturers, Students, Professors, Doctors, Project officers, Politicians, Government Officials and all those in need of efficient means of handling and analyzing their qualitative data analysis or to broaden and refresh existing skills. No prior knowledge of the software is assumed.
What will you get from this workshop?
- New knowledge. New Skills and New ways of doing things
- Certificate of attendance
- Learning materials
- Networks
- Workshop package
Materials Required
Participants should bring their own laptops with at least 1GB RAM and 10 GB free hard disk space or greater.
Registration Fee: To be advised
Fee includes workshop fees, breakfast, lunch and refreshment breaks (for all the 3 days). Course material will be available to all participants during or after the workshop.
Cancellations
Cancellation notices must be received in writing 10 days before the workshop to receive a full refund. Due to workshop capacity, we regret that we are unable to refund fees for cancellations after this date. Please email your cancellation notice to info@datalystafrica.com