NVIVO

NVivo is a software program used for qualitative and mixed-methods research. Specifically, it is used for the analysis of unstructured text, audio, video, and image data, including (but not limited to) interviews, focus groups, surveys, social media, and journal articles. It is produced by QSR International. As of July 2014, it is available for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems; however, the Macintosh version is missing some of the features that the Windows version has.

WHY USE NVIVO?

• Analyze and organize unstructured text, audio, video, or image data.
• Playback ability for audio and video files, so that interviews can easily be transcribed in NVivo.
• Ability to capture social media data from Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn using the NCapture browser plug-in.
• Import notes and captures from Evernote - great for field research.
• Import citations from EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, or other bibliographic management software - great for literature reviews.
• User interface and text analysis available in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.

Features

NVivo has a mixture of qualitative and quantitative analysis features: in particular, it can compute inter-coder reliability and use cluster analysis to examine text or coding similarities.

• User interface and text analysis capabilities available for English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese Simplified
• Integration with Evernote: import anything from an Evernote notebook (including OCR'd text, clipped websites, and recordings made using the mobile apps) into an NVivo project for analysis
• Easy, code-free web scraping of social media data from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube using the NCapture browser plugin for Google Chrome and Internet Explore

Full licenses

A full license allows you to install NVivo on a maximum of two devices and use it indefinitely. Each full license provides a single license key for each individual user.Full licenses can be purchased as either single licenses or multiple licenses.

Perpetual licenses

A perpetual license allows you to install NVivo on your computer and use it indefinitely. Each perpetual license provides a single license key for each individual user.Perpetual licenses can be purchased as either single licenses or multiple licenses

Time-limited licenses

Full time students can purchase time-limited licenses to use NVivo for educational purposes. Time-limited licenses are available as:

• Twelve-month student licenses
• Six-month semester licenses

• If this type of license has expired, then the user can purchase a new license key to extend their license.

  Enterprise licenses

  Enterprise licenses (formerly known as site licenses) are a single contract with only one software license key, not one key for each individual user. The enterprise license covers a specific period. With an enterprise license, NVivo can be installed on multiple computers up to the maximum number of licenses that your site has purchased. Enterprise licenses entitle you to free upgrades when new software is released.