Find strategies for your dissertation when it comes to handling data that honor principles such as informed consent and the protection of identities. And see examples of the way NVivo can be discussed in an IRB approval.

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3. Large group
Small group
One-on-one
Independent work
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4. 1.1.1.1. HistoryHistoryHistoryHistory
2.2.2.2. The Belmont ReportThe Belmont ReportThe Belmont ReportThe Belmont Report
3.3.3.3. Informed ConsentInformed ConsentInformed ConsentInformed Consent
4.4.4.4. Data security and audit trailsData security and audit trailsData security and audit trailsData security and audit trails
5.5.5.5. ConfidentialityConfidentialityConfidentialityConfidentiality as an eventas an eventas an eventas an event
6.6.6.6. Confidentiality as a processConfidentiality as a processConfidentiality as a processConfidentiality as a process
7.7.7.7. Conclusion/recommendationsConclusion/recommendationsConclusion/recommendationsConclusion/recommendations

5. 1932-1972 Tuskegee Study
◦ United States Public Health Services
◦ Tuskegee as a partner (traditionally black college)
◦ Study of natural progression of untreated syphilis
◦ Rural, black men in Alabama
◦ Information withheld regarding their diagnosis
◦ Deceived into thinking they were receiving treatment
1960’s Milgram Study
◦ Willingness of participants to obey authority figure
Authority figure (instruct the subject to deliver shock)
Actor in adjacent room (pretend to receive the shock)
Subject (thinks he or she is delivering the shock)
◦ Repeated around the world
◦ Article 1963; Book 1974

6. National Commission for the Protection of
Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral
Research
◦ Respect for Persons
Individual autonomy
Protection of individuals with reduced autonomy
◦ Beneficence
Maximize benefits
Minimize harm
◦ Justice
Equitable distribution of research costs and benefits

7. Consent form: An event
◦ Research purpose, duration, procedures
◦ Risks/benefits
◦ Confidentiality
◦ Right to refuse or withdraw
◦ Contact information
Informed consent: A process
◦ Full disclosure of the nature of the research and
participation is only a starting point
◦ Participants may have evolving ideas as they:
Comprehend the process over time
Voluntarily choose to participate at each step

8. Microsoft Word files
NVivo makes copies and
stores them internally

9. File Options

11. File Info Project Properties

12. File Info Open Project Event Log

13. File Info Project Properties Passwords

20. Text
Audio
Video
Photographs
Tweets
Prepare for this in your IRB submission
Check your IRB

21. Howe, K., Dougherty, K. (1993). Ethics, IRB's,
and the changing face of educational
research. Educational Researcher, 22(9), 16-
21.
Howe, K., Moses, M. (1999). Ethics in
educational research. In A. Iran-Nejad & P.
D. Pearson Eds., the Review of Research in
Education, vol. 24, pp. 21-60. Washington,
D.C.: American Educational Research
Association.

22. Doctoral
student
Faculty
member
Exemplary
qualitative
research article
Dissertation
Interview

23. Kristi: Okay, so, the way you read this portrayal of NVivo in the
[dissertation], did it match . . . your sense of how she used
it?
Faculty: No.
Kristi: In what ways was it off?
Faculty: Well I'm being really candid, so you have to be careful if
you use any of this information. . . You erase anything that
would reveal my identity.
Kristi: Absolutely.
Kristi: . . . is there anything that you want . . . omitted from my
analysis?
Faculty: When I talk about doctoral students and getting into
details about someone, I would just hope you’d be
sensitive to how you report that . . . So as long as that’s
done with sensitivity, I’m good.

24. 4 out of 6 students did not want to include the
dissertation in the study (fear of identification)
◦ Professional reputation
Unanticipated uses of dissertation – misrepresentation
◦ Permission from funder
◦ Allow the Chair to deduce the speaker
Not just individual identities, but people and
cultures
“. . . it's an EXTREMELY IMPORTANT responsibility to be
transparent but also be THOUGHTFUL about how you're
impacting communities and entire CULTURES of people
when reporting your view of what you've learned.”

25. Jackson dissertation
◦ No participant dissertation quotes
◦ Examples from my own database as vignettes
◦ No pseudonyms
◦ Inconsistent pronouns
Things to consider
◦ Quotes
◦ Screen Captures
◦ Summary Tables
◦ Demographic or other identifying characteristics
(e.g., stories)
◦ Entire Database

26. Event
A
Event
B
Event
C
Event
D
Event
F

27. So, it's definitely a major
dance. I mean, . . . in the
past, research has . . . been
somewhat hurtful to many
of these communities. I
don't know that I'm saying
this correctly, but it's an
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
responsibility to be
transparent but also be
THOUGHTFUL about how
you're impacting
communities and entire
CULTURES of people when
reporting your view of what
you've learned
I’m thankful that I’m not
the only student who
noticed that the ethical
handling of data is a dance.
I’ve been so concerned with
the protection of the
individuals in this study, it
never occurred to me that
part of the principle of
beneficence might pertain
to groups or cultures that
have been misrepresented
or disenfranchised. I would
have completely missed
this in my own study.
memo/journal interview transcript

28. SessionSessionSessionSession 1111
◦ NVivoNVivoNVivoNVivo and successfully defendedand successfully defendedand successfully defendedand successfully defended dissertationsdissertationsdissertationsdissertations
SessionSessionSessionSession 2222
◦ NVivoNVivoNVivoNVivo and the dissertation literatureand the dissertation literatureand the dissertation literatureand the dissertation literature reviewreviewreviewreview
SessionSessionSessionSession 3333
◦ NVivoNVivoNVivoNVivo, ethics and, ethics and, ethics and, ethics and IRBsIRBsIRBsIRBs
SessionSessionSessionSession 4444
◦ NVivoNVivoNVivoNVivo and your dissertation defenseand your dissertation defenseand your dissertation defenseand your dissertation defense

29. Large group
Small group
One-on-one
Independent work
Stay a 4th day
at no extra cost
www.Queri.com

30. Getting Started and Finishing your DissertationGetting Started and Finishing your DissertationGetting Started and Finishing your DissertationGetting Started and Finishing your Dissertation
Using NVivoUsing NVivoUsing NVivoUsing NVivo
www.queri.com
Kristi Jackson, MEd PhD
kjackson@queri.com
303-832-9502