Hello M. Adu, Philip. I'm grateful for your significant videos that continue to assist everyone-qualitative researchers. I have read your books "A step-by-step guide to qualitative data coding" that provides relevant assistance to understand how to conduct QDA. Since, I don't have your personal contact, I only seize this platform to thank you for the assistance of your books in my research progress. Then, M. Adu, after checking many videos on youtube, I realise that there are not many significant videos about " how to do memo"; "how to manage codebook" and "how to analyse data using memo" as you have mentioned in your book. I really appreciate the way you explain things... I believe that such videos using NVIvo software would be welcomed and they may help us as new resarcher a lot...
Thank you so much for your kind words and thoughtful message! I’m truly glad to hear that my videos and book have been helpful in your research journey. It’s always rewarding to know that the resources I create are making a difference for qualitative researchers like you. You’ve brought up an excellent point about the need for more videos on memos, managing codebooks, and analyzing data using memos, especially with NVivo. These are indeed crucial aspects of qualitative data analysis. I’ll take your suggestion into consideration as I plan future content. In the meantime, feel free to share specific challenges or questions, and I’ll do my best to address them in upcoming videos or discussions. Thank you again for reaching out and for your support-it means a lot! Best wishes in your research endeavors!
Wonderful! I now have 8 containers. 5 research questions (as it’s a thesis) plus 3 extra containers relating to critical realist TA. I am using Wiltshire and Ronkainen’s suggested themes to eventually search for causes: experiential, inferential, dispositional. But I am nowhere near the abduction and reproduction part. Still simply coding everything. This is amazing though and I was so stuck with my data. This has made it manageable and fun. Slow process for a beginner but I can see things more quickly the more I practice. Thank you so so much 👏🙏🏼
Hi Mr. Phillip. I am currently working on my draft proposal and stuck because I don't know how to explain the use of this software on my data analysis. I found your video and it was really helpful, your explanation was sooo clear yet concise. Keep it up!!! Thank you soo much
Thank you so much for your kind words! I’m really glad the video was helpful and provided some clarity for your draft proposal. Explaining software use in data analysis can definitely feel challenging, especially when you want it to be both clear and precise. Good luck with your proposal-I’m sure it’ll turn out great! This video may help: ruclips.net/video/WggwE63OCtI/видео.html
Thank you for the video. While following the part of linking relevant information to existing codes, I assumed you would have linked " taking family vacation" to "spending time with family", but you created a new code for it. I thought they were similar and should have been under the same code. Can you explain why you separated them? Thank you.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment and for engaging with the video! You’re absolutely right that "taking family vacation" and "spending time with family" might seem similar and could potentially fit under the same code. However, during the initial coding stage, the focus is on creating codes that best represent the relevant information captured from the data without prematurely grouping them. This allows us to maintain the nuance of the participants' experiences. Once the initial coding process is complete, we can then explore relationships among the codes, such as grouping or merging codes that are conceptually linked. So, while your observation is valid, I prefer to wait until after the initial coding process to make those decisions. This approach ensures that no important details are overlooked early on. Thanks again for your great question-it highlights an important aspect of the coding process!
Thank you for the video, however this isn’t practical if you have more documents that are lengthy. Is there a way this can be done quicker without doing it manually?😢
You're welcome! You can use 'intentional AI coding' function to automatically code your data. This video may help: ruclips.net/video/42XJcIVcYnE/видео.html
Thank you so much for your informative videos. They are such a great help. While working on my project, as you mentioned I formed 5 codes based on my research Qs. Meanwhile, I added a code related to one of my research questions. I wanted to shift it under one of my main research questions but, the only features I was given were the type of relation, and no option for moving it under my major code was provided. hence no reduction in the number of the main codes was experienced. I wonder if you could help me out.
You're welcome Angie! ATLAS.ti has some restrictions when it comes to moving codes. There are only two levels of codes: Level 1: Parent code - which is the label (code) of the research question; and Level 2: Child codes - which are codes under the parent code. It is possible to move a child code from one parent code to another by selecting and dragging the child code onto the parent code (which is the research question). However, it does allow you to move a child code and drop it under another child code. You can use the 'Code Group' function to group the child codes ( ruclips.net/video/dGDGof3RAN8/видео.html)
@@drphilipadu Thank you for your response Dr. Philip. But What I meant was that the "move" option is not available on my option after dropping a code under a parent code.
What if you only have research question? But you have 2 data sets focusing on two different perceptions- Twitter and mainstream media articles? Can they be two containers where I assign my codes?
Yes, you can still use a single container for your coding process even if you have two datasets focusing on different perceptions-Twitter and mainstream media articles-since your goal is to address a single research question. Using one container ensures that your analysis is unified and triangulates insights from both perspectives. You can organize and group the documents based on their source (e.g., Twitter vs. mainstream media). By applying codes across the datasets, you can identify themes that emerge from both or are unique to each dataset. This approach facilitates a comprehensive comparison while maintaining coherence in addressing your overarching research question. Themes can then be compared and contrasted to reveal how the two perspectives align or diverge, enriching your analysis.
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This video really help me to finish my PhD! You re legend Sir! Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm glad that it helped you finish your PhD!
Hello M. Adu, Philip. I'm grateful for your significant videos that continue to assist everyone-qualitative researchers. I have read your books "A step-by-step guide to qualitative data coding" that provides relevant assistance to understand how to conduct QDA. Since, I don't have your personal contact, I only seize this platform to thank you for the assistance of your books in my research progress. Then, M. Adu, after checking many videos on youtube, I realise that there are not many significant videos about " how to do memo"; "how to manage codebook" and "how to analyse data using memo" as you have mentioned in your book. I really appreciate the way you explain things... I believe that such videos using NVIvo software would be welcomed and they may help us as new resarcher a lot...
Thank you so much for your kind words and thoughtful message! I’m truly glad to hear that my videos and book have been helpful in your research journey. It’s always rewarding to know that the resources I create are making a difference for qualitative researchers like you.
You’ve brought up an excellent point about the need for more videos on memos, managing codebooks, and analyzing data using memos, especially with NVivo. These are indeed crucial aspects of qualitative data analysis. I’ll take your suggestion into consideration as I plan future content. In the meantime, feel free to share specific challenges or questions, and I’ll do my best to address them in upcoming videos or discussions.
Thank you again for reaching out and for your support-it means a lot! Best wishes in your research endeavors!
Very clear and straightforward. Thank you so much.
You're welcome!! Thank you for your kind words.
Wonderful! I now have 8 containers. 5 research questions (as it’s a thesis) plus 3 extra containers relating to critical realist TA. I am using Wiltshire and Ronkainen’s suggested themes to eventually search for causes: experiential, inferential, dispositional. But I am nowhere near the abduction and reproduction part. Still simply coding everything. This is amazing though and I was so stuck with my data. This has made it manageable and fun. Slow process for a beginner but I can see things more quickly the more I practice.
Thank you so so much 👏🙏🏼
You're welcome Caroline!! I'm glad that you're making a great progress!!
Your videos are very helpful Dr, thank you 🙏🏾
You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful!!
Thank you for the informative video. Things are now becoming clear to me.
You're welcome! I'm glad it's helpful!
Always great, congratulations
Thank you!!
Hi Mr. Phillip.
I am currently working on my draft proposal and stuck because I don't know how to explain the use of this software on my data analysis. I found your video and it was really helpful, your explanation was sooo clear yet concise. Keep it up!!! Thank you soo much
Thank you so much for your kind words! I’m really glad the video was helpful and provided some clarity for your draft proposal. Explaining software use in data analysis can definitely feel challenging, especially when you want it to be both clear and precise. Good luck with your proposal-I’m sure it’ll turn out great! This video may help: ruclips.net/video/WggwE63OCtI/видео.html
Your tutorial is very helpful.
Thank you!!!
Thank you for the video. While following the part of linking relevant information to existing codes, I assumed you would have linked " taking family vacation" to "spending time with family", but you created a new code for it. I thought they were similar and should have been under the same code. Can you explain why you separated them? Thank you.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment and for engaging with the video! You’re absolutely right that "taking family vacation" and "spending time with family" might seem similar and could potentially fit under the same code. However, during the initial coding stage, the focus is on creating codes that best represent the relevant information captured from the data without prematurely grouping them. This allows us to maintain the nuance of the participants' experiences.
Once the initial coding process is complete, we can then explore relationships among the codes, such as grouping or merging codes that are conceptually linked. So, while your observation is valid, I prefer to wait until after the initial coding process to make those decisions. This approach ensures that no important details are overlooked early on.
Thanks again for your great question-it highlights an important aspect of the coding process!
@ thank you. I saw the cluster/theme in the next video so I think it’s fine. Thanks for the clarification.
This has been so helpful for my thesis!! thank you so much. When is the next video out?😄
Thank you! I'll be posting it soon!!
Here is the next video: ruclips.net/video/dGDGof3RAN8/видео.html
Please may you suggest where you have done a video on this for content analysis in the same lengths or detail.
I don't have one for Atlas.ti but I did one for NVivo: ruclips.net/video/yeB0lAGcabg/видео.html
Thank you for the video, however this isn’t practical if you have more documents that are lengthy. Is there a way this can be done quicker without doing it manually?😢
You're welcome! You can use 'intentional AI coding' function to automatically code your data. This video may help: ruclips.net/video/42XJcIVcYnE/видео.html
Thank you so much for your informative videos. They are such a great help. While working on my project, as you mentioned I formed 5 codes based on my research Qs. Meanwhile, I added a code related to one of my research questions. I wanted to shift it under one of my main research questions but, the only features I was given were the type of relation, and no option for moving it under my major code was provided. hence no reduction in the number of the main codes was experienced. I wonder if you could help me out.
You're welcome Angie! ATLAS.ti has some restrictions when it comes to moving codes. There are only two levels of codes: Level 1: Parent code - which is the label (code) of the research question; and Level 2: Child codes - which are codes under the parent code.
It is possible to move a child code from one parent code to another by selecting and dragging the child code onto the parent code (which is the research question). However, it does allow you to move a child code and drop it under another child code.
You can use the 'Code Group' function to group the child codes ( ruclips.net/video/dGDGof3RAN8/видео.html)
@@drphilipadu Thank you for your response Dr. Philip. But What I meant was that the "move" option is not available on my option after dropping a code under a parent code.
What if you only have research question? But you have 2 data sets focusing on two different perceptions- Twitter and mainstream media articles? Can they be two containers where I assign my codes?
Yes, you can still use a single container for your coding process even if you have two datasets focusing on different perceptions-Twitter and mainstream media articles-since your goal is to address a single research question. Using one container ensures that your analysis is unified and triangulates insights from both perspectives.
You can organize and group the documents based on their source (e.g., Twitter vs. mainstream media). By applying codes across the datasets, you can identify themes that emerge from both or are unique to each dataset. This approach facilitates a comprehensive comparison while maintaining coherence in addressing your overarching research question. Themes can then be compared and contrasted to reveal how the two perspectives align or diverge, enriching your analysis.
In content analysis, can you add/change/merge/edit the codes based on the transcripts? That is an accepted part of content analysis?
Yes, you can! We need to be flexible when it comes qualitative data analysis - making sure that the codes reflect the evidence in the data.
Please can you get me Authors who proposed that five participants can be used for case study
I'm not sure about what you're asking for but this article about case study would help: nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol13/iss4/2/
You are so lovely!
Thank you!!