Do you want to get the best out of NVivo for your qualitative or mixed-methods analysis?
Join Christina Silver, the global expert in the use of qualitative software for high-quality and transparent qualitative analysis, for this extended, in-person, workshop designed to enable you get the most out of NVivo – using your data, your analytic method, and focused on your needs.
26th – 30th June, in Manchester, UK. Part of the Methods@Manchester Summer School.
This workshop draws on the 25+ years of experience Christina has in using and teaching NVivo and is based on the principles in two of her textbooks – Using Software in Qualitative Software: A Step-By-Step Guide and Qualitative Analysis using NVivo.
Don’t miss out on the rare chance to spend a whole week with Christina focussing on harnessing NVivo’s powerful tools for your analysis. Join her for 4 days of in-depth work with and discussion about NVivo. You can use your own research materials and experiment with using NVivo for a range of purposes using sample data she will make available.
This is a great opportunity to learn from the leading figure in the qualitative software field.
Overview
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to harnessing NVivo to accomplish qualitative and mixed methods analysis. It follows the principles of ensuring analytic strategies drive the use of software tools as described in the CAQDAS pedagogy, the Five-Level QDA method, providing participants with both theoretical understandings of the role of software like NVivo in the analysis process, and practical experience with operating the software to accomplish a variety of analytic tasks.
Participants will be guided through all the phases of an analysis and how they can be facilitated through the creative and systematic use of NVivo. This includes planning an analysis and creating a structural framework to reflect initial research designs; familiarising with qualitative materials (at an in-depth interpretive level and at a higher content-based level); coding qualitative data using different analytic approaches (contrasting inductive, grounded approaches and deductive, topic or theoretically informed approaches); using software tools to capture reflections through writing, mapping and linking; organising data to factual characteristics; interrogating patterns and relationships to identify themes, make comparisons and explore anomalies; and using visualisations to communicate findings in engaging and powerful ways.
The course combines demonstrations, discussions, presentations, group-work and feedback, and participants are encouraged to bring project data with them to work with during the sessions, although sample materials will also be available to use.
Course objectives
- To understand the role of NVivo in the analytic cycle
- To develop a detailed working understanding of the capabilities of NVivo for facilitating qualitative and mixed-methods data analysis
- To be able to plan an analysis using NVivo tools
- To understand how to prepare qualitative materials of different types for efficient analysis within NVivo
- To be able to harness NVivo tools powerfully for a range of analytic activities, including data integration and organisation, qualitative coding and memoing, classifying factual characteristics (including participant demographics and document metadata), interrogating patterns, relationships and anomalies, managing interpretations, and visualising and presenting findings
Course requirements
Participants should have a general understanding of the principles of doing qualitative data analysis, including the idea of coding and memoing as key analytic tasks.
There is no need to have used NVivo before attending the course, but participants are encouraged to have completed pre-course familiarisation tasks, that will be provided when registering.
Participants are required to bring their own laptop.
Who is this course for?
PGR students, academics and researchers working in any discipline or context doing qualitative or mixed-methods projects.
Course timetable
26 June - 30 June 2023
This course will start at 1pm on 26 June 2023.
Monday, 26 June 2023
Afternoon: Orientation to NVivo for qualitative and mixed-methods analysis
Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Morning: Planning an analysis and setting up an NVivo Project
Afternoon: Exploring and Coding qualitative materials using NVivo
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Morning: Retrieving, reviewing and refining coding schemes
Afternoon: Organising data using Cases and Classifications in NVivo
Thursday, 29 June 2023
Morning: Managing interpretations through writing, mapping and linking
Afternoon: Identifying patterns, relationships and anomalies using NVivo queries and visualisations
Friday, 30 June 2023
Morning: Pulling the strands together; presenting a narrative
Course leader
Christina Silver leads the CAQDAS Networking Project at the University of Surrey, and is the co-founder and Director of Qualitative Data Analysis Services
Recommended Reading
- Woolf, N & Silver, C. (2018) Qualitative analysis using NVivo: The Five-Level QDA Method, Routledge.
- Silver C & Woolf N (2019) The Five-Level QDA Method. Foundation entry. Sage Methods Foundations.
- Silver C. & Lewins A (2014) Using Software in Qualitative Research: A Step-by-Step Guide, 2e. Sage Publications
- Jackson K & Bazeley P (2019) Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo. Sage Publications
Cost
£900 – Full price
£600 – Discounted rate for PGRs
Book your place
Registration is available through our eStore.
Bursaries for PGR students
If you are a PGR student you are entitled to apply for a bursary. These are competitive, limited in number, and may be offered on a full and part fee-waiver basis. If you would like to apply for one of these bursaries please complete our bursary application form and you will be notified as soon as possible.