AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management NVivo Software
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management N6 Software Overview Documents Codes Nodes Searches Modelling
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Documents
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Document Types Interview Transcripts Unstructured open questions Organisational Documentation Speeches Plays, Novels etc.
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Document Types Data Documents Memos –Thoughts, developed over time –About interviewees, surroundings, queries after interview, anomalies/further questions –Get on paper at the time –Node Memos- notes on concepts
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Coding
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Coding Identification of key Themes/Patterns Attach ‘key words’/tags To segments of text (text units) Make available for inspection Later software helps –Retrieve text units –Order themes –Search for patterns
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Coding Text From example interview text What codes Issues Concepts …are covered? From Theory/From Data (In Vivo)
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Nodes
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Nodes Create Nodes in N6 for each code Code a text unit with (multiple) codes Can retrieve by Code
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Naming Nodes Node Names –from Theoretical concepts Structure available from Lit Review Enable ‘mirroring’ –In Vivo From the data Grounded Theory
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Types of Nodes Free Nodes –Not organised –Generated initially as free (first pass) –May not fit other categories Tree Nodes –Have a Hierarchy –Categories & sub-categories
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Managing Nodes Structuring free Nodes Passes through the data –Spotting something half-way through –Iterative
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Searching
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Searching involves Helping arrange data to AID answer questions asked when –Exploring –Reflecting on –Probing for patterns Need to know what questions to ask!
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Modelling
AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Modelling Tree/hierarchical structures Graphical representations (Not N6)
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AIB Centre for Information & Knowledge Management Questions?