Beyond Constant Comparison Qualitative Data Analysis: Using NVivo.

The purposes of this paper are to outline seven types of qualitative data analysis techniques, to present step-by-step guidance for conducting these analyses via a computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software program (i.e., NVivo9), and to present screenshots of the data analysis process. Specifically, the following seven analyses are presented: constant comparison analysis, classical content analysis, keyword-in-context, word count, domain analysis, taxonomic analysis, and componential analysis. It is our hope that providing a clear step-by-step process for conducting these analyses with NVivo9 will assist school psychology researchers in increasing the rigor of their qualitative data analysis procedures.

[1]  J. Creswell.  Qualitative inquiry and research design: choosing among five traditions. , 1998 .

[2]  H. P. Luhn.  Key word‐in‐context index for technical literature (kwic index) , 1960 .

[3]  E. Kozleski,et al.  Until somebody hears me: parent voice and advocacy in special educational decision making , 2006 .

[4]  Eben A. Weitzman,et al.  Computer Programs for Qualitative Data Analysis: A Software Sourcebook , 1995 .

[5]  N. Leech,et al.  An Array of Qualitative Data Analysis Tools: A Call for Data Analysis Triangulation. , 2007 .

[6]  Shannon M. Suldo,et al.  Mixed methods research in school psychology: A mixed methods investigation of trends in the literature , 2008 .

[7]  D. Caulley.  Qualitative research for education: An introduction to theories and methods , 2007 .

[8]  Renata Tesch,et al.  Qualitative research : analysis types and software tools , 1990 .

[9]  N. Leech,et al.  Validity and Qualitative Research: An Oxymoron? , 2007 .

[10]  I. Dey.  Qualitative Data Analysis: A User Friendly Guide for Social Scientists , 1993 .

[11]  Gary Shank,et al.  Qualitative Research: A Personal Skills Approach , 2001 .

[12]  Patricia Bazeley,et al.  The Nvivo Qualitative Project Book , 2000 .

[13]  N. Leech,et al.  Qualitative Data Analysis: A Compendium of Techniques and a Framework for Selection for School Psychology Research and Beyond. , 2008 .

[14]  Nancy L. Leech,et al.  Building a Methodological Foundation: Doctoral-Level Methods Courses in Colleges of Education. , 2008 .

[15]  Matthew B. Miles,et al.  Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook , 1994 .

[16]  Lyn Richards,et al.  Readme First for a User's Guide to Qualitative Methods , 2002 .

[17]  J. Creswell.  Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches, 2nd ed. , 2007 .

[18]  Anna De Fina,et al.  The ethnographic interview , 2019, The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Ethnography.

[19]  Eben A. Weitzman,et al.  Computer Programs for Qualitative Data Analysis , 1996 .

[20]  Nigel Fielding,et al.  Computer analysis and qualitative research , 1998 .

[21]  N. Denzin,et al.  Introduction: The Discipline and Practice of Qualitative Research. , 2005 .

[22]  I. Dey.  What is qualitative data , 1993 .

[23]  B. Berg.  Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences , 1989 .

[24]  M. Sandelowski.  Real qualitative researchers do not count: the use of numbers in qualitative research. , 2001, Research in nursing & health.

[25]  Not Available Not Available.  Online First publication , 2001, Skeletal Radiology.

[26]  P. Atkinson,et al.  Making sense of qualitative data , 1996 .

[27]  Bradford W. Tim Dennis,et al.  Using Content Analysis Software to Analyze Survey Comments , 2008 .

[28]  Vincent Peters,et al.  How Qualitative Data Analysis Software may Support the Qualitative Analysis Process , 2007 .

[29]  E. Tolley,et al.  Qualitative Methods in Public Health: A Field Guide for Applied Research , 2004 .

[30]  P. Atkinson,et al.  Making Sense of Qualitative Data: Complementary Research Strategies , 1996 .

[31]  Pat Bazeley.  The contribution of computer software to integrating qualitative and quantitative data and analyses. , 2006 .

[32]  A. Strauss,et al.  The discovery of grounded theory: strategies for qualitative research aldine de gruyter , 1968 .

[33]  R. Tesch.  Qualitative Research: Analysis Types and Software , 1990 .

[34]  R. Bogdan.  Qualitative research for education : an introduction to theory and methods / by Robert C. Bogdan and Sari Knopp Biklen , 1997 .

[35]  Corrine Glesne,et al.  Becoming Qualitative Researchers: An Introduction , 1991 .

[36]  P. Kenemans,et al.  Our history , 2015, Human fertility.

[37]  N. Denzin,et al.  The Sage handbook of qualitative research, 3rd ed. , 2005 .

[38]  James E. McLean,et al.  Research in the Schools. , 2001 .

[39]  M. Jørgensen,et al.  Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method , 2002 .

[40]  Carol Grbich,et al.  Qualitative Data Analysis: An Introduction , 2007 .

[41]  Anselm L. Strauss,et al.  Basics of qualitative research : techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory , 1998 .

[42]  B. Berelson.  Content analysis in communications research , 1952 .

[43]  Nancy L. Leech,et al.  Toward a New Era for Conducting Mixed Analyses: The Role of Quantitative Dominant and Qualitative Dominant Crossover Mixed Analyses [Book Chapter] , 2011 .

[44]  D. Silverman.  Interpreting Qualitative Data , 1993 .