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What's new in NVivo for Mac

 

This topic introduces the new features and enhancements in NVivo for Mac (Version 11).

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NVivo for Mac (Version 11.4)

Print sources, nodes and visualizations

You can print the following project items:

  • Sources (including documents, PDFs, Externals and memos)

  • Nodes

  • Cases

  • Maps

  • Charts and diagrams

You can also print a list of project items from List View.

When you print a source, node or case from Detail View and coding stripes are displayed or highlighting is turned on, you can include these in the printed output. Have a look

For more information refer to Print project items.

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NVivo for Mac (Version 11.3)

Improved coding experience

Now you can code even faster than before with the new coding panel.

Select some content and then click Code at the top of Detail View—or use the keyboard shortcut (⌘ + /)—to display the coding panel and code to an existing, new or recent node.

For more information refer to Coding techniques.

Import data from OneNote Online

If you use OneNote Online, you can now import your pages.

There are many different ways you can use OneNote to gather your materials. For example:

  • If you are working in the office, you can use the desktop version of OneNote to clip web pages, make notes and keep to-do lists.

  • If you are working in the field, you can use OneNote on your smartphone or tablet to record field observations, record interviews or take photos of research settings and participants.

You can import your notes by connecting to your work, school or Microsoft account from within NVivo, and then selecting the pages that you want to import.

For more information refer to Import from OneNote.

Import your bibliographic data from reference management tools

If you conduct a literature review using Mendeley, RefWorks or Zotero, you can import the references into NVivo for Mac.  

When you import bibliographic references from a Mendeley, RefWorks, Zotero RIS file:

  • References without associated files are imported into NVivo as external sources.

  • References with associated files can be imported into NVivo as internal sources.

  • Sources created when you import your references are assigned to a source classification (so that reference information can be stored as attribute values on the source).

  • If you have made notes about your references, these notes can be imported into NVivo as linked memos.

Refer to Exchange data between NVivo and reference management tools for more information.

Visually compare two sources or nodes

Comparison diagrams can show you what two items have in common and where they differ. Generate a comparison diagram to compare two of the same type of project items—for example, sources or nodes—to see their similarities and differences. For more information, refer to About comparison diagrams.

Other improvements

The following usability and performance improvements have been made:

  • Ability to give feedback about NVivo for Mac. Choose Help > Submit Feedback to open a simple survey.

  • Improved performance when creating, merging or coding to nodes.

  • Improved performance when creating or copying sources.

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NVivo for Mac (Version 11.2)

Visualize your ideas and data in new ways

NVivo for Mac provides new visualizations:

  • Mind maps let you brainstorm ideas and visualize your thoughts. Once you've created a mind map, you can automatically turn your ideas into theme nodes.

  • Explore diagrams focus on a single project item, showing all of the items connected to that item. The power of this diagram is that it is dynamic, allowing you to step forward and back through your project data to explore the connections between items.

  • Hierarchy charts can help you to see coding patterns and compare sources or nodes based on their attribute values. You can display the hierarchy chart as a tree map or a sunburst.

Display NVivo with a different interface language

NVivo for Mac now has the ability to automatically display the user interface language in French, German and Spanish (Mexico) based on your preferred language in Mac OS X System Preferences.

Refer to Understand how the interface language is determined for more information.

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NVivo for Mac (Version 11.1)

Import your bibliographic data from EndNote

If you conduct a literature review using EndNote you can import the references into NVivo for Mac.  

When you import bibliographic references from an EndNote XML file:

  • References without associated files are imported into NVivo as external sources.

  • References with associated files can be imported into NVivo as internal sources.

  • Sources created when you import your references are assigned to a source classification (so that reference information can be stored as attribute values on the source).

  • If you have made notes about your references, these notes can be imported into NVivo as linked memos.

Refer to Exchange data between NVivo and reference management tools for more information.

Support for teamwork

NVivo for Mac supports working in teams with the following new features:

  • Import project  If more than one user wants to work on a project at the same time, you can establish a 'master' project, and then give a copy of the master project to each team member. The team members work in the copied projects while you work in the master project. At regular intervals, import your team members' work into the master project—refer to Import items from another NVivo project for more information.

  • Coding comparison query  A Coding Comparison query enables you to compare coding done by two users or two groups of users on text sources—for example, documents and PDFs. Compare coding to measure the 'inter-rater reliability' (Kappa coefficient) or degree of agreement for coding between the users. You can choose to base the calculations on character, sentence or paragraph. You can choose whether you want to display unweighted or weighted values in the results. Calculations based on weighted values take into account the relative size of sources, so a long document would have a higher weighting than a short document.

If you have NVivo for Mac (Version 11.1.1 or later), you can also see where there is agreement or disagreement in coding for a particular source or node. Green, yellow and blue shading helps you to quickly see the passages that were coded the same or differently.

Refer to Run a Coding Comparison query for more information.

Other improvements

The following usability and performance improvements have been made:

  • Ability to add color to sources, nodes, users and attribute values.

  • Ability to code a dataset using drag and drop.

  • Ability to hide all columns in a dataset—this makes it easier to display only a small number of columns.

  • Improved selection of attributes when autocoding a dataset for cases.

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NVivo for Mac (Version 11)

Work with picture sources

You can import photos or other images and analyze them in NVivo as picture sources. When working with a picture source you can:

  • Create a log to record notes about the picture or about regions of the picture.

  • Code the picture or regions of the picture directly, or code the text in the log.

Refer to About picture sources for more information.

Import social media data from Facebook and Twitter

Are you interested in what people say or the way they communicate in Facebook? You can use NCapture (a web browser extension) to gather Facebook wall posts and comments by people, organizations or groups relevant to your research.

Are you interested in the opinions people express via Twitter? You can use NCapture to gather Twitter content—for example, you can gather Tweets that:

  • Mention a particular username.

  • Include a particular word or phrase or hashtag.

  • Are by a person or organization that is relevant to your project.

Social media data collected with NCapture is imported into NVivo as a dataset source, and NVivo provides special auto coding features to help you group the data. For example, you can auto code Facebook posts and comments that are part of the same conversation to a node. Similarly, you can auto code Tweets by username and hashtag.

For more information, refer to:

Improved cases experience

Case nodes are now stored in their own folder within your project and have their own unique icon, so it's easier to identify the cases in your project.

If you open (and convert) an NVivo for Mac (version 10) project, classified nodes are converted to cases and stored in the Cases folder.

For more information, refer to About cases.

Add demographic information to cases when you auto code a dataset

Now when you auto code a dataset, you can quickly classify the case nodes you create.

For example, if your dataset contains responses to a survey with demographic information about the respondents, you can use the Auto Code Assistant to:

  • Create cases for each respondent.

  • Classify (assign attribute values to) each of the cases.

  • Code the responses to each of the cases.

For more information, refer to Automatic coding in datasets.

Other improvements

The following usability and performance improvements have been made:

  • Improved text selection in some PDF sources.

  • Ability to sort or filter datasets.

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