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[...]... because it is designed to free researchers from the necessity to think by coding As Chapter 3 shows, thinking can be recorded using rich text editing of data documents and memos As Chapter 4 shows, thinking can be located at nodes without coding The following chapters suggest ways of using entirely new techniques for linking data and shaping them in sets, then ways of combining these with the new coding... ask questions; • Make and change visual graphical Models of your ideas or project processes; • Search text or coding, using an armory of special-purpose searches integrated in one Search tool, to answer questions and build theories These processes are independent but integrated 14 Using NVivo in Qualitative Research Wo rki n g i n NVivo All the parts and processes discussed above are integrated, with... questions) might have many documents Attribute values record information about respondents Answers to questions are coded automatically using NVivo's "Section Coding" processes Researchers would create new nodes as they post-code, creating coding categories from the text of answers Using those nodes, they might test for patterns of responses and display them in a live matrix Graphical models illustrate the... and students can learn on that data with the software provided on the CD in the back of this book Projects will not save for future devlopment, but all the tools can be tried, discussed and learnt 4 Using NVivo in Qualitative Research C o m m encing resea rch with NVivo : users a n d research colleagues If y o u have the full QSR NUD*IST Vivo (NVivo) software, this book accompanied the software, along... software can assist what you are wanting to do For wider reading on qualitative methods, and links to other reading sources, visit the QSR website: www.qsr.com.au This book does not include instructions on using the software For how to do it, the detailed instructions about menu items and mouse clicks, Help texts are provided in the software, brief dO-it-yourself texts are provided with the tutorials, and... Use the directions in parentheses to go back to discussions of functions and techniques you may otherwise overlook These are italicized throughout the book, for example: (See Chapter 3: Documen ts) 6 Using NVivo i n Qualitative Research The remaining chapters cover the processes supported by combinations of these building blocks: Linking data, Coding at nodes, Shaping data -Sets and Trees, Modeling... documents or nodes: values given, changed, viewed Parts and processes of a project - and the central chapters of thts book are the Reference Manual 0\ 0"' '" CO-=- �@ I I D-/ 0- � I �A Many researchers using the software will be familiar with at least some of these processes, and most will not want to use all of them The book is designed to be read sequentially for a complete overview, or to be used... Guide, and to the on-line Help, which describe the NVivo commands, dialogs and functions in detail In a decade of software development QSR has developed new ways of teaching and assisting researchers using its software, and this book is a result of their feedback Please let us know how it works for you Thousands of users in over forty countries have contributed indirectly to the development of supporting... searches by Documents, Nodes and Attributes Documents or Nodes can have Attributes and be shaped in Sets Model ideas, theories, stages of project Documents, Nodes, or Attributes link live with Project 12 Using NVivo in Qualitative Research As the Pad shows, a project has a database of documents and nodes, which can be explored, browsed, linked and coded Documents and nodes can be handled by storing attributes... puzzles and forming research strategies The book d raws a lso on what we have learned from working with, training and listening to colleague researchers around the world who teach and assist researchers using QSR's software Some are well known figures, whose services are listed on the website, some unsung helpers who assist others We thank them all, and invite more feedback! The book, like the software,