Resources
Renewables pose real challenges for utility operators, particularly solar and wind power. Renewables such as biomass, geothermal, and hydro, however, are as controllable as fossil fuel plants. How do you account for the uncertainty inherent in the more unpredictable sources of renewable energy? Using DecisionTools Suite products @RISK, Evolver, and RISKOptimizer, the author examines unique […]
NVivo and SPSS both feature heavily in the toolkit I use as a researcher, so I was pretty excited when I heard that NVivo would enable me to work with SPSS data for my mixed methods research. Why am I so excited? Mixed methods data analysis was always possible in NVivo, but it was necessary […]
Just pick a citation style and let your computer take care of the rest! It’s 12 a.m. You’ve got a paper deadline, and, luckily, all you have to finish is the bibliography. You crack open your style guidelines and see the following: Author last name, author first name, open parenthesis, year, closing parenthesis, colon, title […]
Top Tips for Successful Teamwork People rarely feel neutral about meetings, collaborative projects, and shared presentations. Many have a love/hate relationship with teamwork. The pros are: Responsibility is shared, and everyone has his or her own role rather than having to do everything oneself. Each person's different ideas and ways of thinking can enrich the […]
Keep track of what you read and prevent plagiarism You’ve got a pretty good memory, don’t you? You know exactly what you ate for breakfast this morning, what happened yesterday in your favorite Netflix series, and the findings of the main researchers in your field. Is it all just an illusion? Our memories can play […]
The new NVivo 12 is here, and I’m very excited to share with you all the new features and improvements that are available across both Windows and Mac, that will enhance your research experience and allow you to do more of what you want to do with NVivo. We’ve heard your feedback about particular aspects […]
Setting Up a Paper-Writing Workflow Large writing projects can seem overwhelming. There’s so much to do that it can be hard to know where to begin. One thing that can help is setting up a workflow for yourself. Whether you’re writing your first research paper or already have many behind you, it always pays to take a […]
Accidents are part of the research process. Many breakthroughs come about unexpectedly or by mistake. Wouldn't it be great if you could more consistently obtain such eureka moments in your own academic endeavors? If you could do something to encourage these happy accidents? Our new blog aims to help you do just that.  Planned Accidents is written by the team behind Citavi and reflects a […]
The Shanghai FDA has been using @RISK for monitoring contaminants as well as food safety risk assessment, focusing on food service and the circulation of foodstuffs within the city. As a part of the civil administration, analyzing and regulating potential risks, especially in the food supply, are top concerns that could potentially affect over 20 […]
"None of us is as smart as all of us." -- Ken Blanchard Collaboration in NVivo 11 Pro for Windows revolves around the idea of merging individual projects into a ‘master project’. How does this work? A team leader creates a ‘master project’ and distributes copies to the team. Team members work in their individual […]
University of Hull Library Skills Adviser, Lee Fallin, share his insights on creating an NVivo community via a user group on campus. The University of Hull Skills Team provides support to postgraduate students in their use of NVivo for research. A major part of this support has always been our NVivo workshops. The workshops have […]
Cases and their attributes are powerful features in NVivo. They facilitate comparisons between your research participants (or other entities) and can reveal patterns and insight in your data. This post helps you assess whether cases would be useful for your project and provides a roadmap for setting them up. A sample scenario Let’s say you’ve […]
