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N6 Software Overview

• Documents• Codes• Nodes• Searches• Modelling


Documents


Document Types

• Interview Transcripts• Unstructured open questions• Organisational Documentation• Speeches• Plays, Novels etc.


Document Types

• Data Documents• Memos

– Thoughts, developed over time– About interviewees, surroundings, queries

after interview, anomalies/further questions

– Get on paper at the time– Node Memos- notes on concepts


Coding


Coding

• Identification of key Themes/Patterns• Attach ‘key words’/tags• To segments of text (text units)• Make available for inspection• Later software helps

– Retrieve text units– Order themes– Search for patterns


Coding Text

From example interview textWhat codes

IssuesConcepts

…are covered?

From Theory/From Data (In Vivo)


Nodes


Nodes

• Create Nodes in N6 for each code• Code a text unit with (multiple) codes• Can retrieve by Code


Naming Nodes

• Node Names – from Theoretical concepts

• Structure available from Lit Review• Enable ‘mirroring’

– In Vivo• From the data• Grounded Theory


Types of Nodes

• Free Nodes– Not organised– Generated initially as free (first pass)– May not fit other categories

• Tree Nodes– Have a Hierarchy– Categories & sub-categories


Managing Nodes

• Structuring free Nodes

• Passes through the data– Spotting something half-way through– Iterative


Searching


Searching involves

• Helping arrange data to AID answer questions asked when– Exploring– Reflecting on– Probing for patterns

• Need to know what questions to ask!


Modelling


Modelling

• Tree/hierarchical structures• Graphical representations (Not N6)





Questions?