Summary
The video discusses the practical application of Framework Analysis (FRA) using NVivo software, focusing on its methodology and tools. It highlights the importance of understanding the foundational work of Rich and Spencer, emphasizes the inductive nature of FRA, and provides guidance on coding, thematic development, and creating an audit trail. The tutorial includes downloadable resources and encourages viewers to engage with additional materials for a comprehensive understanding of the analysis process.
Highlights
- 📚 Understanding Framework Analysis: Framework Analysis, developed by Rich and Spencer in 1994, is an inductive process aimed at generating themes and sub-themes from qualitative data without a pre-existing framework.
- 💻 Using NVivo for FRA: The video provides a modified tutorial for NVivo, specifically for Framework Analysis, and offers downloadable project files for both Windows and Mac users to facilitate practical application.
- 🔍 Five Stages of Framework Analysis: The process includes initial coding, identifying a thematic framework, indexing, charting, and mapping/interpretation, with a focus on maintaining transparency and rigor in the research process.
- 📝 Creating an Audit Trail: Emphasizes the importance of documenting all stages of the analysis to enhance credibility and trustworthiness in research findings, including using project journals and memos.
- 📊 Utilizing Framework Matrices: Demonstrates how to create and use framework matrices in NVivo to summarize data, allowing for effective cross-case and in-case analysis while integrating demographic information.
Keywords
#FrameworkAnalysis #NVivo #QualitativeResearch
Key Moments
- Introduction to Framework Analysis00:07
- Overview of the video series focused on practical applications of methodologies in NVivo.
- Previous videos covered reflexive thematic analysis and interpretive phenomenological analysis.
- Today’s focus is on framework analysis, a widely used but less popular method.
- Framework Analysis Basics00:52
- Introduction of Richie and Spencer’s framework analysis from 1994.
- Importance of using the correct resources and literature to understand framework analysis.
- Clarification that framework analysis is an inductive process, contrary to some misinterpretations.
- Resources and Project Files02:19
- Availability of downloadable project files for both Windows and Mac versions of NVivo.
- Mention of additional resources for those using older versions of NVivo.
- Understanding Framework Analysis03:39
- Emphasis on reading Richie and Spencer’s original work for accurate application.
- Discussion on integrating literature with findings and the importance of an audit trail.
- Practical Application and Audit Trail06:20
- Importance of maintaining an audit trail for credibility in research.
- Introduction of a project journal to log all project activities and management.
- Stages of Framework Analysis09:35
- Overview of the five stages: initial coding, thematic framework identification, indexing, charting, and interpretation.
- Explanation of initial open coding as a deconstruction of data without hierarchy.
- Identifying a Thematic Framework10:54
- Process of grouping codes into categories to identify overarching themes.
- Importance of reconstructing codes to align with research aims.
- Indexing and Charting15:41
- Introduction to the framework matrix as a data reduction strategy.
- Explanation of how to set up a framework matrix in NVivo and its benefits for analysis.
- Using NVivo’s AI Features21:10
- Discussion of AI capabilities in NVivo 15 for summarizing text and coding.
- Ethical considerations of using AI with primary data.
- Final Steps: Mapping and Interpretation25:36
- Overview of the final phase involving analysis and write-up.
- Mention of additional NVivo tools available for visualizations and analytical memos.
- Conclusion and Additional Resources27:02
- Offer to send links to project files and additional resources via email.
- Encouragement for viewers to like, subscribe, and reach out for further assistance.
There are links to all resources mentined in the video below
I have also inserted a link to the paper below on using NVivo to conduct a framework analysis: Transparency and Coherence in a Doctoral Study Case Analysis: Reflecting on the Use of NVivo within a ‘Framework’ Approach (qdacloud.myqnapcloud.com)
Understand the Possibilities of AI Assist in NVivo
https://qdatraining.com/understand-the-possibilities-of-ai-assist-in-nvivo/
Audit Trail
Here is a link to a video demonstrating a completed audit trail. The data analysis method being demonstrated is Reflexive Thematic Analysis (RTA) but it could be applied to any method and almost all PhD or Doctoral level research projects require an audit trail as a means of demonstrating rigour in data analysis. while the video shows the various outputs, it does not demonstrate how to make such outputs because it would make the video extremely long; it is designed to give you some ideas as to what you may want to produce; however, the page I’m linking you to below, contains links beneath the video to other videos and resources mentioned in the video where they are demonstrated in practical terms should you wish to see those details: https://qdatraining.com/nvivo-audit-trail-codebook/
How to Create Codes; Categories of Codes & Themes in NVivo
This video will help you understand how to manage codes, categories of codes and themes in NVivo; a process that almost all recognised qualitative data analysis methods require transitioning through for primary research data analysis:
https://qdatraining.com/nvivo-core-skills-videos-nvivo-coding-managing-codes-categories-themes/
How to Set up your Project in NVivo 2020 (R1), NVivo 14 or NVivo 15 – understanding cases and classifications
Here is a link to a one-hour webinar we ran for Lumivero on visualising your data directly in NVivo.
https://qdatraining.com/visualize-your-data-with-nvivo/
Accelerate your Literature Review with NVivo
I’ve inserted links to four papers that discuss NVivo in the context of working with literature and a link to the webinar below as discussed. I hope these are helpful in informing you about possibilities in this regard:
From Screening to Synthesis – using NVivo to enhance transparency in Qualitative Evidence Synthesis: Click here
Using_NVivo_for_literature_review: Click here
Silvana’s paper was written in 2002 so the software is dated but the concepts it discusses are just as relevant today. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
And this one from 2018 by Booth Lamb looks at the pedagogical approach to students: Click here
This one by Bandara, (2006) is also older in terms of NVivo but the ideas are all just as relevant and technically possible today: Click here
Here is a link to a video showing how to set up your literature review in NVivo:
https://qdatraining.com/how-to-correctly-set-up-your-literature-in-nvivo/
Here is a link to the webinar I mentioned that we did for Lumivero as part of the Autumn series on Accelerating your Literature Review with NVivo:
https://qdacloud.myqnapcloud.com/share.cgi?ssid=0z2TsH6
You can download the NVivo project file used in the webinar at this link:
Windows Version: https://qdacloud.myqnapcloud.com/share.cgi?ssid=03cMyTu
MAC Version: https://qdacloud.myqnapcloud.com/share.cgi?ssid=0p9Ytl4
This video shows you could use the built in ethical AI tools in NVivo for working on your literature review:https://qdatraining.com/how-to-use-ai-tools-in-nvivo-for-literature-review/
Here is a link to a one-hour webinar we ran for Lumivero on visualising your data directly in NVivo.
https://qdatraining.com/visualize-your-data-with-nvivo/
