Core skills courses - NVivo and SPSS
These introductory courses cover the basics of NVivo (including setting up a project and working with data) and SPSS core functions.
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NVivo core skills
This introductory course will provide an overview of the software and teach the basics of setting up and working in an NVivo project.
NVivo is data analysis software designed for researchers working with qualitative information, such as interviews, documents, survey data and webpages. In this course, we’ll cover NVivo from start to finish, walking you through how to set up a project and work with data (including a variety of coding techniques).
More advanced features such as queries, reporting, and visualisations will also be briefly introduced.
Key content:
- Navigating around the NVivo interface
- Setting up and working with NVivo projects, including saving and backing up
- Preparing, importing, and working with data (specifically PDFs and Word documents)
- Coding data in NVivo, and choosing a coding technique that is fit for purpose
- Using memos as a way of recording important project-related information
- Creating folders and using them to tailor the scope of queries
- Performing keyword searches and understanding how these apply to the data analysis process
- Using reporting tools to extract key data and other project-related information
SPSS core skills
This course will introduce participants to the core functions of the SPSS software. SPSS is used extensively by academic researchers as a tool for quickly analysing quantitative data.
In this course, you’ll learn how to successfully set up SPSS data files, run statistical analyses (including graphs), and manipulate files and variables.
No statistical knowledge is required for this course, as the focus will be on the software rather than statistical theory.
Key content:
- Creating a new data set and entering data into SPSS
- Importing data from sources such as Microsoft Excel
- Defining variable properties, including value labels and missing value codes
- Performing data transformations, e.g. compute and recode variables
- Calculating descriptive statistics and other statistical procedures
- Brief introduction to charts and graphs
Hono access
If you do not have access to Hono, please complete the Expression of Interest form. A member of Organisational Development will register you in the next available offering (both courses are offered six times per year).
Contact
Organisational Development
Email: od@auckland.ac.nz