>Tom Richards wrote:
>
>> In fact, a recommended way to work in NVivo is to write up your documents in
>> an NVivo Document Browser, and code them as you write them up
>> ("edit-while-you-code" technique). Of course, a Document Browser does not
>> have a spelling checker, so if that is a sine qua non of writing up a
>> document, you will have to do it the old way: write it up first in a word
>> processor, then import the WP's TXT or RTF file. But that seems like a heavy
>> personal price to pay just to use a spell checker.
>
>I can't really see why this is a *heavy* price to pay. It takes just a
>second to
>save a document as for example an RTF document and importing it into Nvivo
>also
>does not take long. There will often be cases where you get data files from
>transcribers who have typed them in Word in any case and you have to go
>throught
>this procedure.
>
>This "edit-while-you-code" technique, I suppose, is something that is
>related to
>Nvivo. Can you or any person who has worked in that way elaborate on this
>method
>a bit more? What are its advantages or disadvantages, when would you use it,
>etc.
>
>thanks.
>
>Susanne
I'm perplexed that this matter of spelling should even be an issue.
Surely, the time that we need the spelling to be absolutely correct is when
we write the report. Yes, I know, having correct spelling also helps us to
be sure that we always invoke correct searches whenever we search text, but
as we all know, qualitative data are messy data, and it is the telling of
the emergent story that seems to be of central importantance.
What Tom is suggesting is that we can edit and code as we go, but the
thought strikes me that we can also, perhaps, transcribe and analyse
concurrently - a process that we certainly could not complete when we
worked in NUD*IST. The time savings could be quite wonderful but I must
admit, it's an untried process for me.
In a sense, the prcedures involved are probably not far removed from
entering "stream of consciousness" thoughts and observations into NUD*IST
transcripts as you work at creating them (especially if you identify them
with a symbol for later retrieval) but here, in NVivo, the resarcher would
go one step further towards evolving analyses as they transcribe. It's an
interesting prospect so thank you, Tom for sparking that idea.
But, as a final point, remember that whatever you do, there is always merit
in having a back up copy, whether in word or NVivo.
cheers
Jens
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