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Getting Started and Finishing your Dissertation Using NVivo www.queri.com Kristi Jackson, MEd PhD [email protected] 303-832-9502
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Getting Started and Finishing your Dissertation Using NVivo
www.queri.com
Kristi Jackson, MEd PhD
303-832-9502
Session 1 ◦ NVivo and successfully defended dissertations
Session 2 ◦ NVivo and the dissertation literature review
Session 3 ◦ NVivo, ethics and IRBs
Session 4 ◦ NVivo and your dissertation defense
Large group
Small group
One-on-one
Independent work
Stay a 4th day
at no extra cost
www.Queri.com
1. Customizing your defense 2. Questions for your Chair/Committee 3. NVivo visualizations in your defense ◦ Three types ◦ Three postures
4. After the defense
Getting ideas ◦ Watch other defenses ◦ Ask faculty about what makes a defense successful
(in general) ◦ Ask students what went well or poorly in their
defenses ◦ Do a “reverse outline” of your dissertation
Develop an artifact for yourself that represents your work and helps provide closure. ◦ Share it?
Looking for facets of transparency
Instead, found diversity
Social construction of transparency
Communities of practice
Transparency as a reflection of ◦ Self, in a community of practice
◦ Ideologies
◦ Values
Who is the audience? ◦ Experts? ◦ General public?
What are the standard elements?
What are some “optional” elements? ◦ Can I do anything arts-based, for instance?
Focus? ◦ Key points from each chapter ◦ Focus on final chapters ◦ Take an important thread and follow/explain
OR . . . Develop your proposal/understanding of the audience, elements, focus, and get feedback
How much time should I take to present?
Will questions occur during the presentation or be held until after?
Should I use PowerPoint or other presentation tools?
What technology is available or should I use?
Can or should I use “hand-outs”?
What paperwork is required before/after? ◦ Who is responsible?
◦ Copies/duplicates?
Doctoral student
Faculty member
Exemplary qualitative
research article
Dissertation
Interview
Node Name Sources References
Standards and logic and methods 6 16
Replicability 4 5
Succinct and good writing 4 6
Team research 1 1
Inductive 1 1
Mixed methods 1 2
Doctoral student
Faculty member
Exemplary qualitative
research article
Dissertation
Interview
Doctoral student
Faculty member
Exemplary qualitative
research article
Dissertation
Interview
Researcher as architect– prospective thinking
Researcher as archaeologist – retrospective thinking
Researcher as artist – speculative thinking
Three types of visualizations ◦ Summaries
◦ Coding displays
◦ Idea connectors
Three postures to take when visualizing ◦ Architect – prospective
◦ Archaeologist – retrospective
◦ Artist - speculative
Be prepared to revise ◦ Reserve the time and don’t let it sit!!!!
Use visualizations to map changes
Write a memo about the changes and import it into NVivo as a log ◦ Confirm your understanding with the chair
◦ OR . . . Import the notes/letter the Chair provides
Follow your IRB guidelines for storing/destroying your database
CELEBRATE!
Session 1 ◦ NVivo and successfully defended dissertations
Session 2 ◦ NVivo and the dissertation literature review
Session 3 ◦ NVivo, ethics and IRBs
Session 4 ◦ NVivo and your dissertation defense
Large group
Small group
One-on-one
Independent work
Stay a 4th day
at no extra cost
www.Queri.com
Getting Started and Finishing your Dissertation Using NVivo
www.queri.com
Kristi Jackson, MEd PhD
303-832-9502
