Thematic Analysis in NVivo Made Easy: A Must-Watch Guide

[@TJmK1]

Your video, like all of your other videos, is saving me from losing my mind as I near the end of my doctorate. Thank you so much!

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome! I'm so glad my videos are helpful for you. Thank you for sharing!!

[@Cocoanutty0]

This has been the best source for me to help with my thesis. No one teaches NVIVO and just expects grad students to know it or figure it out. Thank you!

[@drphilipadu]

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[@drphilipadu]

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[@BuzziestofBees]

Thank you I am working on a project for my masters and this is my first time using Nvivo! Very helpful

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful! All the best with your research project!

[@BuzziestofBees]

Hi can you make a video on how to best visualize themes?

[@drphilipadu]

@@BuzziestofBees Does this video help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5bJeoaAiqZ5odU

[@adrianap8816]

I'm doing netnography with thematic analysis on chat data. Your video has helped me, as it's the first time anyone on campus has submitted this topic (miracle). If there's anyone else is doing this in my campus I'll always refer them to your video about this tool lol. Thank you so much!

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome @adrianap8816! I'm so glad that my video was helpful! Thank you so much for planning to recommend my videos.

[@lindahills9016]

Thank you so much. Being new to research and nVivio, your videos have been a lifesaver.

[@drphilipadu]

You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful!! Thank you for your kind words!!

[@badruhamid3065]

Thank you very much Dr Adu for your comprehensive and explicit explanations.

[@drphilipadu]

You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful!!

[@salahuddinzehri2165]

What a presentation, Sir. Now, please make a video to further describe phases 5 and 6, as you have separate videos for phases 2 and 3. Thanks a lot.

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome! I'll do that soon!!

[@MT-gy3ei]

waiting that. Thanks@@drphilipadu

[@drphilipadu]

@@MT-gy3ei Here are my new videos on presenting your findings: Presenting Your Qualitative Findings (PART ONE): kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ6WoJ6cptuahNU Presenting Your Qualitative Findings (PART TWO): kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqTblKOPacybrqc

[@drphilipadu]

Here are my new videos on presenting your findings: Presenting Your Qualitative Findings (PART ONE): kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ6WoJ6cptuahNU Presenting Your Qualitative Findings (PART TWO): kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqTblKOPacybrqc

[@salahuddinzehri2165]

I have to watch thanks@@drphilipadu

[@mic4308]

Adu my distinguished professor on KZbin!🎉

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you @mic4308 for your kind words!!

[@watson10431]

Thank you for your concise information. I discovered your video on the eve of submitting my Dissertation Proposal!! Thematic analysis was a BLUR, thanks to you, it's crystal clear!

[@drphilipadu]

You’re welcome!! I wish you all the best with your research.

[@jacinteramadi4983]

Dr. Adu, this has been very helpful and so easy to follow. Thank you and looking forward to more videos.

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome!! Thank you for your kind words.

[@vivianemattos6142]

What a great explanation of qualitative analysis. Thank you so much for sharing this useful material!!!!

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome!! Thank you!!

[@zrippoo4134]

Thank you so much, Dr Adu. Your videos are so much appreciated!!

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome!! Thank you for your kind words.

[@osadimosweu1213]

Thank you Dr Adu, this is helpful as it’s my first time using Nvivo

[@drphilipadu]

You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful

[@evanslaffa4514]

May God bless you ,17:34 minutes of this video has helped me a great deal🙏🏾

[@drphilipadu]

God bless you too! I'm glad it helped!!

[@Xiaoyu17]

Professor i love you for your videos!!!! you are very very helpful. i am a PhD student, and i am doing SLR, your videos are really helpful!!!

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you for your kind words!!

[@Kasikhia24]

Great one..I understand it and will delve into it

[@drphilipadu]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nat_tasha9068]

really grateful for your videos. luckily i came across with your video while i'm still struggling to learn analysing my qualitative research. thank you so much!!

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome!! I'm glad the video was helpful!

[@alisonh874]

This is brilliant - thanks for saving my sanity

[@drphilipadu]

You’re welcome!! I’m glad it was helpful!!

[@johnkaupakamasua5540]

I am doing a couple of research and find this tutorial very useful, as most of my data are qualitative in nature

[@drphilipadu]

I'm glad that the video was help! I wish you all the best.

[@johnkaupakamasua5540]

@@drphilipadu many thanks and God bless your work to reach more people like me..

[@niroshgay]

Thank you very much for the wonderful explanation.

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome :)

[@wendachristiyanto991]

Thanks a lot for your explanation. So I am really understand about thematic analysis using NVivo

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome!! I'm glad it was helpful!!

[@mhm4625]

Gracias por este maravilloso video, muy útil y profesional.

[@drphilipadu]

¡De nada! ¡Gracias por ver!

[@isaaclockett146]

This is a fantastic video! It is really useful and clear

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you Isaac!!

[@sabrinaguzmanskotnitsky3851]

Thank you so much Philip! I am wondering if there is a reason you put the different phases into their own projects, instead of doing everything in one project?

[@drphilipadu]

You’re welcome!!The main purpose is to help keep records of the phases.

[@AnneCathGL]

Thank you so much for this video, it is explained so clearly, very helpful, thanks again!!!

[@drphilipadu]

You’re welcome Anne!!

[@mantey_voice]

Very useful presentation ❤

[@drphilipadu]

I'm glad it was useful for you!

[@fal57]

This is a fantastic video! It is helpful.

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you!!

[@SukyungSeo-d7k]

Thanks a lot!! This video is really helpful.

[@drphilipadu]

You’re welcome!! I’m so glad it was helpful to you.

[@SamDa-TV]

Thank you. Your videos have really been of help to me. Can you do a video on how to do the presentation of findings after the theme has been developed? Please.

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome! I'll do it soon!!

[@drphilipadu]

Here are my new videos on presenting your findings: Presenting Your Qualitative Findings (PART ONE): kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ6WoJ6cptuahNU Presenting Your Qualitative Findings (PART TWO): kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqTblKOPacybrqc

[@NicolaTaylor-Brown]

@@drphilipadu Thank you so much!

[@IfeomaOkoro-s2k]

Thank you so much for making this process simple.

[@drphilipadu]

You're very welcome!

[@carolyngriswold246]

This video was very helpful to learn how to use Nvivo for my dissertation, Dr. Adu! What is your suggestion for developing themes within a case study? For example, I am doing a case study with 3 different states within the USA. Should I go through these phases with my 3 research questions as the primary codes or the different states as the primary codes?

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you for watching my video! You can go through the phases and codes all the cases together. Then after developing themes you can determine what case is linked to which theme. I hope this helps!!

[@carolyngriswold246]

@@drphilipadu yes, thank you!!

[@abubakarabdullahi9780]

Thank you Dr Philip!

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome :)

[@fionamcmanus584]

fabulous - so helpful!

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you!!

[@ibrahimsuleiman6049]

very interesting show

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you!!

[@mayotet]

Thank you for this brilliant and easy to comprehend presentation. Do you have any video on Content Analysis in NVivo Made Easy. If you do, kindly share the link. Thank you.

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome! I don't have one. I'll do it soon!

[@louisegillard1051]

This has been super helpful!!! Can I ask how to export themes and any suggestions on how to present findings?

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you! These two videos would help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5bJeoaAiqZ5odU kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqTblKOPacybrqc

[@pragsg10]

Thanks very much for all the insightful videos you have made so far!! I could not have come this far without your videos. God bless you, Sir!! I have a quick question, please: How do I demarcate amongst my interview participants. I want to code separately for each participant so that I can analyse my data based on age of my participants. Please advise!

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome!! I'm glad the video was helpful! You can do that by creating demographic information on NVivo. This video would help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmfChWqbnbiKmNk

[@nutsforGod]

Thank you for making these videos freely available - it has been very helpful! Just have a quick question. I followed the steps for phase 1 & 2 and then copied my project for phase 3 & 4. I created a folder in the section where the browse option opened to and then also dropped all my project files in this folder. When I went back to open my project, all the files (interview videos and transcripts) were missing from my project. All the codes I created are still there, but no files, When I click on a code it does open the section in the transcript that it is coded to. Any suggestions to restore the lost files? I have made small editing changes in the transcripts while I was working on it in NVivo, so not sure if there will be issues if I simply import it again? Thanks for helping!

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome! Can you email me a screenshot of the NVivo window so that I see what the problem is: [e-mail]

[@Hananssm]

Thank you very much for sharing. I noticed you focused on going back to research questions as anchors and guidance.But if my approach is inductive and have only general topic but no clear research question. What is my anchor for coding and theming?

[@drphilipadu]

You don't have to have an anchor code in your situation. However, if you have more than one 'general topics', you can create containers (anchor codes) for them and then create and arrange codes under them.

[@pace-yn9gz]

very helpful presentation, sir. Please where is the video on how to code your data?

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you!! Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKi8kIuOp9WXopY

[@Sam-js3yv]

This video was helpful in understanding this software 😅😊

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you! I’m glad it was helpful to you!

[@NANYADIFAHABDULLAHKAMAL]

Hello, Mr. Adu. May I know if it is necessary to create another project for different phases? Thank you in advance~

[@drphilipadu]

I don't recommend creating a new project but I suggest you create a copy of the previous project for the previous phase and work on the 'copies' project for the next phase. This practice would help you to keep the original projects.

[@pritamchakroborty7502]

Best video.

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you!!

[@wbiney]

Thank you Philip for your presentation. Please, can I get the Link to article you mentioned?

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome! Here is the link: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11135-021-01182-y

[@wbiney]

@@drphilipadu I am grateful 🙏

[@sudansociologyanthropologyssa]

thank you for your great help 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@drphilipadu]

You’re welcome 😊

[@vincentemenyonu-wc9jg]

Your videos have been of tremendous help. However, what do I do in situations where a code falls between two themes?

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you! You can put it the theme it is most related. Alternatively, you can right-click on the code to copy and paste it under the other theme.

[@rosiegallagher7092]

do you have a video that goes over how to make a mind map like they do in the paper you reference in this video?

[@drphilipadu]

I'm sorry I don't have video on Mind Map but I have one for project maps and others: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5bJeoaAiqZ5odU

[@Lephaswi]

Hi, if you wanted to use causal loops to show relationships between the themes, how would you go about doing that using NVivo?

[@drphilipadu]

I haven't used NVivo to explore relationship. However, I normally explore relationship between themes outside NVivo. I examine each theme to determine causal, concurrent, sequential, and embedded relationship.

[@paulaemmerlingdeolivera1712]

Thank you for this! Why do I need to keep copying and creating a new project?

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome! Just to keep record of each phase, in case you want to show to people the initial codes developed before categorizing them to generate themes.

[@alimm4137]

This is amazing. I appreciate this so much! Is there any easy way to merge codes if you find that you have two that are very similar and you've already created separate codes? Thank you.

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you! You can open one of them and drag the excerpts in the code and drop then into the other code. You then delete the code you opened. I hope this helps! Philip

[@sandrajackson1355]

Hi thank you for your video, i am currently writing a literature review and i have to do thematic synthesis of the qualitative papers i am using, i wanted to ask if this is still the process i will use. Also do i upload and work on the studies differently or am i doing it together

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome! Yes, you could follow the same steps. Also, you can upload all articles in the same project to analyze.

[@bintantitisari3601]

Thank you for the video. It's very helpful! You mentioned in this video (around minute 12) that you have a video that explains how we can export the codes, categorize the themes outside NVIVO and bring them back. Can you share the link? Thank you.

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome! Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6PMoJerjr2Ke5Y

[@kathrineareklett4787]

hi and thank you for great videos! Is it possible to write comments etc in Nvivo? I think the system Nvivo makes with the codes is working very well, but I have not found a place to write comments (which is not directly in the text)? best regards

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome Kathrine! It doesn't allow to make comments on the document but you can use 'Memo' and 'Annotation' function to make comments (i.e. document your thought and reflections) and link them to segments of the data.

[@imrangomdah5963]

What if I have just one research question, do I still create a container for the research question? I watched the videos but did not hear you address such a situation.

[@drphilipadu]

You don't have to, since all the codes will be under one research question.

[@GhislaineKobon]

Good Evening, Dr Adu. How can we contact you for more information about Nvivo? I'm doing my Project, and I need to use Nvivo 14

[@drphilipadu]

Here is my email: [e-mail]

[@michaelfranklinmensah7606]

please DR, can i use NVivo to do line-by-line coding?

[@drphilipadu]

Yes, it’s possible.

[@happysingle9204]

Can I put all my interviews in one word file and auto code it. I have three types of attributes like personal service and product attributes and I want to extract themes on these three how I should do in simple way with whole 30 interviews. please reply

[@drphilipadu]

First, I wouldn't use auto code because the themes generated may not address the research questions. I suggest you manually code it using NVivo. Also, it would be great if every participant have their own transcript. This helps to determine who are connected to a specific theme.

[@sbevel3897]

How can you assign the same theme to the research question and subquestion?

[@drphilipadu]

You can right-click on the theme and copy. You then paste it under the subquestion.

[@sbevel3897]

Wow! I was getting worried. I started thinking I may have done something wrong in my analysis. Thank you so much!

[@barrylee3316]

Thank you very much

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome!!

[@gyimahgodwin3609]

Question- assuming in your findings, your literature and knowledge confirms that what the teacher is describing is “differentiated instruction” which according to her, she uses as a responsive way to cater for the ESL students to match up with the other scholars. However, she described with many examples without using the term “differentiated instruction.” Maybe, she didn’t know that’s the name. In creating your theme, is it advisable to create you theme based on preferred phrase or words than to use differentiated instruction? This case, you create something unique, but whoever reads the excerpt and knows differentiated instruction knows what you are talking about. Or it’s okay to just use differentiated instruction? Sorry for the long text 🤐

[@drphilipadu]

Yes, you can label it as 'Using differentiated instruction'. When representing the findings, you will have the chance to define it and quote the participants to support the them (see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ6WoJ6cptuahNU)

[@louisegillard1051]

Where can I find the link for the article?

[@drphilipadu]

Here is the article: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11135-021-01182-y

[@jutawantender6887]

THANKS

[@drphilipadu]

You're welcome!

[@adioumasene7313]

How can I get the free version of Nvivo. I can't afford it tbh. @Dr Adu, any way out 4 me?

[@drphilipadu]

You can get a free trial for 14 days by going to: lumivero.com/resources/free-trial/

[@adioumasene7313]

@@drphilipadu wouldn't that require a credit card details or some?

[@drphilipadu]

@@adioumasene7313 I think you can use the free version but it is limited in terms of the number of interactions you will be allowed to have with the tool. You can try and see how it goes.

[@adioumasene7313]

@@drphilipadu ok, let me try it n see.

[@jiayuzhuo7643]

but Nvivo 14 does not have the function --copy project

[@drphilipadu]

When you click on the 'File' tab, you can see 'Copy Project'

[@mmadimanyathi329]

I may need to re-listen to steps 1 and 2. These steps are a bit confusing for me

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you!! Step 1 is more about reviewing the data and documenting (when needed) your initial thoughts and observations. Step 2 is about extracting relevant excerpts from the data and generating initial codes.

[@jean-bosco729]

A+

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you!!

[@godwinovenseri-ogbomo3264]

Medase paapaa!

[@drphilipadu]

Medase bro!!

[@AjmalKhan-vu7pp]

Respected Mentor ! I want to learn Qualitative Analysis from you . Can I have your mail address send you my queries ??

[@drphilipadu]

Here is my email address: [e-mail]

[@muzickandfun]

wow

[@drphilipadu]

Thank you!!