Hi Anthony

How did you go about it, and what strengths and weaknesses did you discover in the process?

Cheers

Gill

From: Anthony Zwi [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, 1 June 2013 8:55 AM
To: Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards; Gill Westhorp
Subject: RE: Using NVivo for data analysis

Dear All

We have also used it in a realist synthesis and in a metanarrative review to identify underlying themes within a body of literature.

Anthony

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From: Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Gill Westhorp [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, 1 June 2013 8:03 AM
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Subject: Re: Using NVivo for data analysis

Hi Sue

My team is currently using NVivo9 in a realist synthesis.  Do you have more specific questions?

Cheers

Gill

From: Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sue's UBC e-mail
Sent: Saturday, 1 June 2013 4:14 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Using NVivo for data analysis

Hi,

I was wondering if there is anyone who has experience using NVivo 10 for data extraction and analysis. It allows you to load PDFs of academic articles and extract data directly and well as grey literature reports etc. I am interested in learning about other researchers’ experiences in using data analysis software for a realist synthesis.

Thanks

Sue

Sue Mills PhD

Clinical Associate Professor

School of Population and Public Health
Faculty of Medicine
The University of British Columbia
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