Researchers who intend undertaking qualitative research for their thesis need to get to grips with qualitative analysis well before they collect their data.  This is so because working with NVivo software from the outset not only enriches the entire thesis construction process, but also saves a lot of time as errors (e.g. with transcriptions) become avoided.  For that reason, we’re offering two Introducing NVivo 8 workshops during November after exams have finished and a more advanced Extending NVivo 8 Analysis workshop in December.  Each workshop will be held at the Woodhill Park Research Retreat and will be facilitated by Dr. Jens Hansen who is acknowledged internationally as a leading qualitative researcher and teacher of qualitative research computing. 

• The first will be an Introducing NVivo 8 workshop to be held on Friday November 14^th beginning at 9.30 a.m. and finishing at 4.00 p.m.;  
• The second workshop will also focus on Introducing NVivo 8 and will be held on Saturday November 15^th beginning at 9.30 a.m. and finishing at 4.00 p.m.
• The third, a more advanced NVivo 8 course (Extending NVivo 8 Analyses[1]), will be held in December on a date to be determined by students and/or supervisors; 
• Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided at each workshop and accommodation is available for people travelling from out-of-town (For accommodation cost details click here or contact Jenny (+64 9 411 7703);
• To enrol, contact Jenny Hansen at the Woodhill Park Research Retreat (+64 99 411 7703);
• The cost to each participant will be $200.00 plus GST and pre-payment must either be completed or guaranteed at the time of contacting Jenny because anyone cancelling will still be levied the full cost of workshop fees.  

Course Description

NVivo 8 is the most recent and powerful package to have been released by QSR.  It enables researchers to efficiently handle complex qualitative data so that they can effectively undertake intensive qualitative data analysis.  NVivo 8 creates a flexible environment in which you can create, manage and explore ideas.  It also allows media such as video-clips, images, sound files, and rich text to be included as data.  Video and sound can transcribed and/or annotated within the software as a predicate to completing analysis.  The software includes a built in modeller as well as facilities which enable researchers to create output charts.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the introductory course participants will be able to:

• Create their own NVivo 8 project and navigate around that project;
• Create and import data including memos, rich text documents, video, sound bytes and photos;
• Create ‘nodes’ for storing the coding of data, and code at these nodes;
• Perform searches within an NVivo project; and,
• Report the results of analysis in an appropriate manner.

Course Structure

This course involves ‘hands-on’ learning and includes a mixture of facilitator-led instruction and independent learning.  Participants will need to bring their own lap top which must have a stand alone copy of NVivo 8 installed before arrival. 

Class Size

These workshops will be restricted to eight participants.  However, as a special concession we are happy to have a supervisor attend with their student (providing they share a laptop), or vice versa, to have a student attend with his/her supervisor (providing they too share a laptop).  In such instances, we need to know beforehand about the pair who will be attending and the understanding is that they will focus on advancing the student’s thesis work.

TO ENROL FOR ANY ONE OF THESE WORKSHOPS, CONTACT JENNY BY PHONING +64 9 411 7703.  ENROLMENTS WILL BE TAKEN ON A FIRST COME FIRST IN BASIS.