Qualitative Data Analysis and QDA Tools

NVivo is a commercial qualitative research tool that allows advanced coding, analysis, and visualization for qualitative data. Understanding NVivo License pre NVivo 14 versions. Link is to Windows version. Click on NVivo Mac for MacOS information. NVivo interface changed in 2020 and the term Code is now used instead of Node, among other changes.

NVivo guides and handbooks available at Temple Libraries.

Knowledge base, user help documentation, and user forums for NVivo.

NVivo has free Gettings Started tutorials that cover features of the Mac and Windows versions and other video tutorials on their YouTube channel.

NVivo offers free live and on-demand webinars on qualitative research methods. Lumivero, the makers of NVivo, also host a free, virtual, annual conference that includes many workshops and training sessions.

For the NVivo 2020 release. The 36 short videos cover all tasks, from getting started, coding, setting up and classifying cases, to queries and reporting. These videos are also applicable to NVivo 14, which was released in March 2023.

Video overview of different visualization functions and features in NVivo 2020 from a certified NVivo trainer. Contents include coding stripes, coding charts, hierarchy chart, word cloud, comparison diagram, cluster analysis diagram, sociogram/relationship network, project map, concept map, mind map, and matrix coding. Sociogram/relationship network, cluster analysis diagram, and project maps are not available in NVivo Mac. The term Node was changed to Code for NVivo versions from 2020.

This video, from a certified NVivo trainer, demonstrates the steps for importing EndNote, Mendeley, RefWorks, or Zotero libraries into NVivo for Windows or MAC

Helpful tips for setting up transcripts and file naming before importing into NVivo, which may also be helpful for other QDA tools.

This video demonstrates how to correctly set up your literature for review, screening, or synthesis in NVivo and addresses some common mistakes made during this process. Note that Zotero is free and can be used instead of Citavi, which is an NVivo fee-based service. Also, you can create your own coding scheme (create codes with hierarchy), for coding literature, rather than generating them using Citavi.

Rylee, T. L., & Cavanagh, S. J. (2022). Using NVivo(TM) as a methodological tool for a literature review on nursing innovation: A step-by-step approach. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 22(4), 454–468.