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NVivo training built around your project, not a demo dataset
Most NVivo courses teach the software on sample data you will never see again. We train on your interviews, your codebook and your research questions, so you leave with real progress on the actual project rather than a certificate.
- Trained on your own data
- One-to-one or team sessions
- Recording and materials to keep
- Follow-up questions included
NVivo training covers project setup, importing and organising qualitative data, building a codebook, coding consistently, running coding and matrix queries, checking inter-rater reliability, and moving from coded data to a written themes section that can be evidenced back to the source extracts.
What is included
What you get with nvivo training
Project setup that scales
Cases, files, attributes and classifications structured so the project still makes sense at analysis stage rather than collapsing under its own coding.
Coding that holds up
Building a codebook, coding consistently, and knowing when to merge, split or retire a node.
Queries and matrices
Coding queries, matrix coding and crosstabs — the part most self-taught users never reach, and where NVivo earns its licence fee.
Inter-rater reliability
Running and interpreting coding comparison, if your method or funder requires it.
Writing up from NVivo
Getting from coded data to a defensible themes section, with evidence you can cite.
Support after the session
Questions once you are back in the project on your own are answered as part of the price.
Who it is for
Two kinds of client, one standard of work
- A first qualitative project with no NVivo experience
- Interviews already transcribed and nothing coded yet
- A codebook that has grown unmanageable
- Needing to defend a coding method in a viva
- Several people coding the same dataset consistently
- Establishing a shared codebook and conventions
- Inter-rater reliability for a funded project
- Bringing new staff up to speed quickly
The training
What a session actually covers
Sessions are built from your project, so the running order flexes. The topics below are what people most often need, roughly in the order they need them.
Project architecture
Files, cases, classifications and attributes set up so the project still makes sense at analysis stage rather than becoming a flat pile of coded documents.
Codebook design
Writing code definitions with inclusion and exclusion rules, and knowing when to merge, split or retire a node.
Coding queries and matrices
Coding queries, matrix coding and crosstabs — where NVivo stops being expensive transcript storage and starts earning its licence.
Coding comparison
Running and interpreting inter-rater reliability, and knowing whether your method requires it at all.
From codes to a themes section
Getting from a coded project to a defensible written analysis with evidence you can cite.
Memos and the audit trail
Recording analytical decisions as you make them, so your methods chapter is not reconstructed from memory months later.
Choosing
Training, or having it done?
Not everyone should be trained. The honest answer depends on whether you will use the skill again.
Have it done when
- This is a one-off project with a deadline in weeks
- Nobody on the team will touch NVivo again afterwards
- The dataset is large and the analysis is the deliverable
- You need an independent analyst for credibility
Get trained when
- Qualitative work is part of your ongoing role
- It is your doctorate and you must defend the analysis yourself
- A team needs to code consistently to a shared standard
- You want to keep the project and continue it
If training is the wrong answer for your situation we will say so and quote for the analysis instead — and the reverse. Both are services we offer, so there is no incentive to push you toward either.
Before you book
Practical arrangements
Training on your own transcripts rather than a demo dataset is the single biggest difference between a session you remember and one you do not. If confidentiality allows, send a sample in advance.
How it works
Three steps, entirely in writing
Tell us the project
Send the dataset or describe what your team is working on, and say honestly where your skills are now.
Approve a fixed quote
Naming the trainer, the session structure and the dates. Nothing is booked until you agree it.
Train, then keep the materials
Slides, exercise files, syntax and a recording — plus follow-up questions once you are working alone.
Proof
This work, on real projects
Clients are not named and no identifying detail is published, so what is described is the statistical problem — which is the part that shows whether a consultancy knows what it is doing.
Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Forty-Five Staff and Service User Interviews
Building a transparent coding framework across 700 pages of transcripts, where the aim was interpretation rather than counting.
Public services · Framework analysisFramework Analysis Comparing Perspectives Across Several Stakeholder Groups
Thirty interviews and eight focus groups from groups using different vocabulary, compared without flattening what made each distinct.
Your statistician
Who does this work
Member of the Royal Statistical Society
Psychometrics, structural equation modelling and research methodology, with doctoral supervision and journal review experience.
This page was reviewed for statistical accuracy by Elaine Halliburton on 14 August 2026.
Common questions
Answers before you ask
Is training online or in person?
Online by default, which keeps the cost down and lets us screen-share on your actual project. In-person is possible for teams in Scotland and the north of England.
Do I need an NVivo licence first?
Yes, for your own machine. Most UK universities provide one free — check with your library or IT before buying.
Windows or Mac?
Both. The Mac version differs in a few places and we will train on whichever you actually use.
Can you train a whole team at once?
Yes. Team sessions are quoted per group, and we recommend a shared codebook session before individual coding starts.
What if I get stuck weeks later?
Follow-up questions are included. Most people hit their real problem once they are deep in coding, not during the session.
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