Using NVIVO in Qualitative Research

This is a book about using qualitative software, for students, teachers, practitioners and participants in qualitative research. It explores what can be done with the latest qualitative research package, QSR NUD·IST Vivo (NVivo), described as the new generation of research software. The book is designed to be used in learning about what the software can do and the research strategies and approaches it supports. Using clear language and examples it explains each of the processes of data editing, exploration, coding, linking and searching available with the software’s tools. The integration of these processes is explored, with emphasis on the ways the researcher can build up a project, and the ways webs of data are linked and understanding developed and tested. Much more than a manual, the book offers practical advice with each section, addressing a range of research approaches and priorities. Each chapter starts with an overview and includes tips on design issues and ways of flexibly managing your project.

The book includes a demonstration CD-ROM of QSR’s NVivo software. The CD carries six tutorials with detailed, step by step online instructions, and the software’s full interactive Help. It also carries over 20 instructional movies demonstrating the processes discussed in the book. Students can use the book whilst working on the tutorials or on special projects using their teacher’s own data; research clients or supervisors can use it to view and review projects being conducted in NVivo.