Pre-Conference
Workshops
A range of pre-conference workshops for both beginners and
more advanced users are available from Monday 11 to the
morning of Wednesday 13 September. The fee structure (at
the bottom of this page) allows you to attend workshops in
whatever combination suits your needs. To book please
complete the Workshop Booking Form (.pdf) and send
it with payment to the address on the form.
Monday and
Tuesday – 11-12 September 2006
Two Day Introduction to NVIVO 7 – Kristi Jackson
Level - Beginner
NVivo 7 is an efficient, flexible and powerful tool for
managing qualitative data of all sorts (focus groups, field
notes, interviews, case studies, content analyses, etc.).
During the workshop we will discuss the qualitative
research process as well as the specific capabilities of
the software. More specifically, you will:
1. Create a coding structure and code documents
2. Manage non-text data (audio, video, photographs, etc.)
3. Keep track of emerging thoughts, analytical notes and
literature reviews within the project (primarily via memos,
annotations, and the exciting new relationship tool)
4. Triangulate qualitative data with relevant quantitative
variables (age, gender, ethnicity, GPA, Likert Scale
responses, etc.)
5. Conduct searches to reveal relationships among codes
(and thereby build theories)
6. Generate output in textual or numeric form (narrative
reports, tables, models, charts, etc.)
Kristi Jackson
In collaboration with Lyn Richards,Kristi Jackson created
the data set that comes with the new NVivo 7 software. With
over ten years of experience as an evaluation researcher,
she also uses the software in a wide range of evaluation
projects (education, public health, treatment, prevention,
community development, criminal justice, etc.). For
additional information about QuERI and your trainer, go to
www.QUERI.org
Monday 11
September 2006
NVIVO Masterclass – Silvana di Gregorio (with Pat
Bazeley and Linda Gilbert assisting)
Level – Intermediate/Advanced
The NVIVO Masterclass gives participants the opportunity to
see a range of research projects in various stages of
development in the software. For those whose project is the
subject of the masterclass, they will get a
mini-consultancy on their project. For those who are
observers, they will get the benefit of participating in
live discussions on developing a variety of projects
(maximum 3) in the software and will be encouraged to ask
questions and make their own observations.
There are two types of participants in the NVIVO
Masterclass.
Project Participants will have started a project in NVIVO
and will be happy to have their project shown and discussed
within the group. The trainer will use examples from each
project to illustrate issues to do with organising material
in the software and analysis techniques. A maximum of 3
projects will be accepted. Participants will send a copy of
the project to the trainer beforehand with a 1 page
description of the project objectives and structure. They
will also send an agenda of issues they would like covered
(only selected issues will be covered from the agenda). The
group should be considered a research group and each
participant will sign a confidentiality agreement not to
disclose, outside the group, any content that may emerge
from the group discussion. The project itself will not be
distributed to other members of the class but parts of the
project will be displayed via a projector to the group.
Observer Participants will be more than mere observers as
they will be encouraged to join in with their own
observations on the projects. The philosophy behind this
approach is that researchers can learn from the worked
examples of other people's work. Observer Participants are
required to have some training in the software package and
ideally, should have started a project in the software or
at least have played with some data in the software. The
Master Class could also be used as a refresher for anyone
who has had software training but has had a gap between
training and working with their own project in the
software.
What to bring along to this session: Project participants
will be requested to submit a backed up version of their
project for NVIVO 2 or the project file for NVIVO 7 to me
prior to the workshop.
Silvana di Gregorio, PhD
Silvana is a sociologist who has worked since the mid-1970s
as a qualitative researcher and lecturer in a variety of
applied social science academic settings. She built up an
extensive knowledge of applied research in health, social
policy, education, and management. She had been involved
for many years in supervising practitioner-research studies
and in supervising doctoral theses. She was Director of
Graduate Research Training at Cranfield School of
Management in the 1990s. In 1996 she set up SdG Associates
which specializes in consulting and training in a range of
software packages which support qualitative analysis. She
has also acted as beta tester for these packages, including
NVIVO 7. Her knowledge of a range of software tools as well
as a range of approaches to qualitative analysis makes her
well placed to advise on a variety of types of research
projects. Besides her workshop programmes in London, UK and
Boston, USA she runs customized training and consulting for
university departments, health organizations and commercial
clients. She has recently developed a consultancy branch to
her business and acts as project manager on a number of
projects. More information is on her web-site www.sdgassociates.com
Linda Gilbert, PhD
Linda Gilbert received her PhD in Instructional Technology
from the University of Georgia in 1999. For her
dissertation, she studied the use of qualitative data
analysis programs (Reflections of qualitative researchers
on the use of qualitative data analysis software: An
activity theory perspective.) Dr. Gilbert currently works
at The University of Georgia as an evaluator on various
grants. In addition, she consults on the use of QSR
software. Her research interests include teacher
preparation, the use of computers for higher-level creative
and intellectual tasks, and qualitative research
methodology and practice.
Tuesday 12
September 2006 AM
Mixed Methods - Pat Bazeley
Changes in analysis software have opened up new
possibilities for working with mixed data types and
analysis methods. Boundaries between numerically and
textually based research are becoming less distinct: data
may be readily transformed from one type to another, making
achievable integration of data types and analysis methods.
This workshop considers these possibilities, the
opportunities they present for answering questions asked in
the social and behavioural sciences, and the technical and
epistemological issues that are raised by their use.
Software programs for statistical analysis and for
qualitative data analysis can be used side-by-side for
parallel or sequential analyses of mixed form data. More
exciting is the capacity of qualitative data analysis (QDA)
software, and NVivo in particular, to incorporate
quantitative data into a qualitative analysis, and to
transform qualitative coding and various types of matrix
data into formats which allow statistical analysis. The
application of these techniques for exploratory,
comparative and predictive analyses will be demonstrated
and discussed, with attention given throughout to the
particular needs and interests of those attending.
Pat Bazeley, PhD
For eight years (1991-99) Pat conducted a research
development program for academic staff at the University of
Western Sydney Macarthur. As a research methodologist, she
now provides training and consulting through her own
company to academics, graduate students and practitioners
from a wide range of disciplines in universities and
government departments both locally and internationally.
She has experience with research design and methodology
broadly across the social sciences, with particular
expertise in analysis and interpretation of both
quantitative and qualitative data, and the use of computer
programs for management and analysis of data. More
information is on her web-site www.researchsupport.com.au
Tuesday 12
September 2006 PM
“Writing it Up”: strategies and standards for
writing your NVivo project – Lyn Richards
This workshop is about writing (and telling) qualitative
research, during and at the end of a project, with emphasis
on using software tools to assist, stimulate, manage and
monitor your writing. Topics include:
how to keep a log trail of your project and use it to
account for your analysis;
writing from the start and keeping it grounded in the data;
memos and their management – using links and queries;
preparing for “writing it up” – from the
start;
doing justice to your research writings – how to set
up and conduct a writing “stocktake”;
standards and strategies for strong reporting of
qualitative data, and the uses of software to achieve them;
editing and critiquing your own writing and that of others.
Lyn Richards
Lyn and Tom Richards founded QSR in 1995, to develop and
support the use of the qualitative software they had
created in an academic research project. As Reader in
Sociology at La Trobe University, Lyn taught qualitative
methods at undergraduate and graduate levels. To assist her
complex qualitative family research projects Tom, in the
early 80s, designed the first version of the NUDIST
software and later, NVivo. Lyn pioneered software services
for qualitative researchers as Director of Research
Services at QSR, teaching and consulting in projects,
writing methods texts and software documentation, training
trainers and teaching teachers. She published her tenth
book, Handling Qualitative Data (Sage, London), in 2005 and
completed the second edition of its predecessor, with Jan
Morse, Readme First for a User’s Guide to Qualitative
Analysis, this year. She has taught qualitative methods and
qualitative software to four thousand researchers, in
fifteen countries, and has learned from them all. She now
works independently as a writer and research consultant and
teacher. Website www.lynrichards.org
Wednesday
13 September 2006 AM
Assessment Innovations Using NVivo 7 – Dan Kaczynski
This workshop is
designed for dissertation supervisors and staff.
Supervisors, staff, and examiners are increasingly
assessing postgraduate student qualitative research which
incorporates the use of qualitative data analysis
software. It is the goal of this session to help
supervisors and staff apply the software as an assessment
tool to explore the possibilities and boundaries of data
collected by postgraduate students. Techniques will
be demonstrated on the use of software features to enhance
dissertation design transparency and promote more rigorous
practice. Participants unfamiliar with qualitative
data analysis software are encouraged to attend an
introductory training workshop in NVivo 7 prior to this
workshop.
Dan Kaczynski, PhD
Dan Kaczynski is an Associate Professor at the University
of West Florida where he supervises doctoral students in
the professional degree program. He teaches post graduate
courses in qualitative research and program evaluation.
This past year, Dan was a Visiting Scholar at the
University of Technology Sydney where he delivered an
advanced course in qualitative analysis using NVivo online.
Wednesday 13 September 2006 AM
Moving Up from N6/NVIVO 2 to NVIVO 7 – Christina
Silver and Clare Tagg
This workshop is designed for those with knowledge of
either N6(N5) or NVivo2 who are considering moving up to
NVivo7. The first part of the workshop will summarise the
key differences between N6/NVivo2 and NVivo7 and the
implications for research at both a theoretical and
practical level. The second part of the workshop will
demonstrate what is involved in actually converting an N6
and an Nvivo2 project to NVivo7.
Participants are invited to send a copy of their project in advance
so that they can be used to illustrate the issues
involved in conversion.
Christina Silver, PhD
Christina is Course Tutor and Resource Officer for the
CAQDAS Networking Project, which is funded by the UK
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to provide
information, training and support to reserachers using a
range of different CAQDAS packages. She has been involved
in teaching under- and post-graduate qualitative methods
courses at a number of UK and Eurpoean Universities, and
has been training and consulting in the use of software to
support qualitatve research for 8 years. See caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk for more
information.
Clare Tagg, PhD
Clare Tagg is a partner in the Tagg Oram Partnership which
specialises in helping people to get the most out of their
computers. She has been teaching people how to use software
effectively to support qualitative research for 13 years.
For more information see www.taggoram.co.uk
Fees
2 Day Introduction to NVivo 7 £225
2 Day Introduction to NVivo 7 + a Wednesday am session £250
2 Day Advanced programme £225
(NVivo Masterclass (project participants), Mixed Methods,
Writing it up)
2 Day Advanced programme £175
(NVivo Masterclass (observer participants), Mixed Methods,
Writing it up)
2 Day Advanced programme + a Wednesday am session £250
(NVivo Masterclass (project participants), Mixed Methods,
Writing it up)
2 Day Advanced programme + a Wednesday am session £200
(NVivo Masterclass (observer participants), Mixed Methods,
Writing it up)
NVivo Masterclass (project participants) only (Monday) £120
NVivo Masterclass (observer participants) only (Monday) £80
Individual half day (Tuesday or Wednesday) sessions £60
each
To book please complete the Workshop Booking Form (.pdf) and send
it with payment to the address on the form. If you
want to book by email, download the RTF version, complete and send it,
as an attachment, to the address on the form.