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| Using Software in Qualitative Research - A Step by Step Guide - A Review.pdf |
| The Essentials of Interviewing - Neville Li.pdf |
| Using Framework Analysis on Qualitative Data - A Brief Guide.pdf |
| Photovoice - A Picture is Worth More Than a Thousand Words - Neville Li.pdf |
| Intercoder Agreement and Kappa Score with Qualitative Data - Neville Li.pdf |
| Transcription for Research Success – Most Common Mistakes and What You Should Do Instead - Neville Li.pdf |
| How to Effectively Visualize Your Project in a Graph - An Example - Neville Li.pdf |
| 5 Tips for Conducting Community-based Participatory Research - Neville Li.pdf |
| 4 Tips For Effective Teamwork Using Qualitative Data Analysis Software - Neville Li.pdf |
New: Register for my course as a group to save! See details on each course syllabus page. Discounted group training also available. (April 21, 2023)
New: A new webinar to explore how to use MAXQDA to enhance research rigour. More details are here. (September 12, 2022)
Update: Today, I've upgraded from a 'MAXQDA Professional Trainer' to a 'Certified MAXQDA Trainer'. Took me 6 years of teaching and consulting experience as a Trainer to achieve this certification! (May 18, 2021)
Update: New advanced MAXQDA course starting in January, 2021! Details just released here today. (November 9, 2020)
New summary: "4 Tips for Effective Teamwork Using Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) Software", please see PDF at the top of this page or the blog. (June 12, 2020)
Update: Despite COVID-19, my online course schedule has NOT been affected. Stay healthy, safe, and research-productive everyone! (March 30, 2020)
Latest news: MAXQDA 2020 just released! I've created a NEW MAXQDA 2020 one day express online course - weekend to accommodate more people in different time zones! (December 6, 2019)
New Summary: 5 Tips for Conducting Community-based Participatory Research available in blog and as PDF at top of page. (January 2, 2020)
New Summary:
-How to effectively visualize your project in a graph - An example. Please see PDF file at top of page or blog. (July 6, 2019)
-Transcription for research success: Most common mistakes and what you should do instead. Please see PDF file at top of page or blog. (June 29, 2019)
-Intercoder agreement and Kappa score with qualitative data. Please see PDF file at top of page or blog. (May 13, 2019)
New goal: I'm building a community of practice of qualitative and mixed methods researchers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Exciting initiative! (May 2, 2019)
First new publication in 2019 accepted at the Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health (CJCMH): Link to the article will be posted here. (January 28, 2019)
Latest News:
Upcoming 2019 classroom MAXQDA course in Vancouver scheduled! See here for details. (January 28, 2019)
Monthly NVivo online course back in 2019! Click here for details. (December 18, 2018)
After 3 years of offering online MAXQDA and NVivo courses, I am overhauling them for 2019. Stay tuned! (Nov 20, 2018)
Upcoming 2019 conference exhibits to be announced. (November 14, 2018)
News
Special request for a MAXQDA 2018 online course for a research team in Japan scheduled. (August 17, 2018)
New projects:
1. Health professionals' (i.e. physicians, nurse practitioners, paramedics) referral to community-based physical activity and/or social connectedness programs - a review. (July 25, 2018)
2. Summit on Aging post-summit evaluation - six months later. (April 30, 2018)
News:
New blog post on "Qualitative Data for Impactful Research" can be found here. (December 22, 2017)
MAXQDA 2018 just released. Click here for more details. Please note that I now offer training for both MAXQDA 12 and MAXQDA 2018. (Dec 5, 2017)
News:
Special request for a MAXQDA online course in the South Africa/Western Europe time zone scheduled. (Oct. 11, 2017)
Special request for a MAXQDA online course in the Singapore/Australia time zone scheduled. (Sept. 8, 2017)
Conference alert! On Nov. 2 & 3, 2017, I will be an evaluation assistant/evaluator for one of my employers at the Provincial Summit on Aging held in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. This is an invitation-only conference. Click here to see more details. (Oct. 19, 2017)
Recent news: On November 16 & 17, 2017, one of my research teams will host an internationally-renowned empowerment evaluation expert for a training session to move forward our "Building Trust to Facilitate Access to Dementia Care" project to the implementation stage. Looking forward to hosting our guest and to the training! (Oct. 19, 2017)
New project 1: Arbutus Greenway Evaluation (AGE): Evaluating the impacts of a neighbourhood development project on the elderly residents. Funded by the City of Vancouver. Method: Longitudinal qualitative enquiry*
(March, 2017-ongoing)
*This project has a concurrent quantitative component (March 30, 2017)
New project 2: Active Aging Grant (AAG) Evaluation: Evaluating the impacts of community grants on the physical health, independence and social connectedness of vulnerable older adults. Methods: narrative interviews and photovoice
(April, 2017-ongoing) (March 30, 2017)
2017 Conference Alert! - In the first half of this year, you can find me at the following two conferences:
i) Canadian Evaluation Society Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada April 30-May 3, 2017 (role: MAXQDA exhibitor)
ii) IIQM Thinking Qualitatively Workshop Series, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada June 17-18, 2017 (role: instructor of 2-day MAXQDA workshop) See you there! (Feb 18, 2017)
Latest update 1: Today, I realized that from this list of workshops that the IIQM organizes in Alberta, Canada every June, I have done and am qualified to teach 9 out of 11 (82%) of them (except phenomenology and arts-based research). Anyone would let me get onto their i) phenomenology ii) grounded-theory and iii) arts-based participatory research projects to complete my repertoire? Contact me. (June 27, 2016)
*New project: Building trust to facilitate access to dementia care for immigrant older adults: the role of the multicultural services sector (funded by The Alzheimer Society of Canada) Methodological highlight: Empowerment Evaluation (see Research) (July, 2016-ongoing) (May 27, 2016)
*New projects (consulting role):
1) Future Delta Project 2.0 - impacts of experiential game learning on climate change education and its outcomes (May 5, 2016)
2) Organizational barriers and facilitators to uptake of compliant flooring by decision makers in long-term care homes (March 20, 2016)
Latest Update 2: I am working on 6 new projects since January 2016, coding over 180 transcripts, conducting 50 interviews, including site visits and ethnographic observations, all in a few months' time. No wonder I don't have time to update this website!
Methodological highlights: i) Photovoice (2 projects), ii) longitudinal qualitative inquiry, iii) evaluation science, iv) implementation science, v) framework analysis, and vi) empowerment evaluation (See Research) (Jan 30, 2016)
Latest Update 3: Starting in 2016, I will be offering monthly MAXQDA online workshops for participants from anywhere in the world. Please check out this page http://www.maxqda.com/service/workshops and look for my courses and email me for registration details. (Jan 30, 2016)
New Syllabuses: My MAXQDA, ATLAS.ti and NVivo one day course syllabuses are now posted on this website! See Services Available. (Sept 18, 2014)
New: A new webinar to explore how to use MAXQDA to enhance research rigour. More details are here. (September 12, 2022)
Update: Today, I've upgraded from a 'MAXQDA Professional Trainer' to a 'Certified MAXQDA Trainer'. Took me 6 years of teaching and consulting experience as a Trainer to achieve this certification! (May 18, 2021)
Update: New advanced MAXQDA course starting in January, 2021! Details just released here today. (November 9, 2020)
New summary: "4 Tips for Effective Teamwork Using Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) Software", please see PDF at the top of this page or the blog. (June 12, 2020)
Update: Despite COVID-19, my online course schedule has NOT been affected. Stay healthy, safe, and research-productive everyone! (March 30, 2020)
Latest news: MAXQDA 2020 just released! I've created a NEW MAXQDA 2020 one day express online course - weekend to accommodate more people in different time zones! (December 6, 2019)
New Summary: 5 Tips for Conducting Community-based Participatory Research available in blog and as PDF at top of page. (January 2, 2020)
New Summary:
-How to effectively visualize your project in a graph - An example. Please see PDF file at top of page or blog. (July 6, 2019)
-Transcription for research success: Most common mistakes and what you should do instead. Please see PDF file at top of page or blog. (June 29, 2019)
-Intercoder agreement and Kappa score with qualitative data. Please see PDF file at top of page or blog. (May 13, 2019)
New goal: I'm building a community of practice of qualitative and mixed methods researchers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Exciting initiative! (May 2, 2019)
First new publication in 2019 accepted at the Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health (CJCMH): Link to the article will be posted here. (January 28, 2019)
Latest News:
Upcoming 2019 classroom MAXQDA course in Vancouver scheduled! See here for details. (January 28, 2019)
Monthly NVivo online course back in 2019! Click here for details. (December 18, 2018)
After 3 years of offering online MAXQDA and NVivo courses, I am overhauling them for 2019. Stay tuned! (Nov 20, 2018)
Upcoming 2019 conference exhibits to be announced. (November 14, 2018)
News
Special request for a MAXQDA 2018 online course for a research team in Japan scheduled. (August 17, 2018)
New projects:
1. Health professionals' (i.e. physicians, nurse practitioners, paramedics) referral to community-based physical activity and/or social connectedness programs - a review. (July 25, 2018)
2. Summit on Aging post-summit evaluation - six months later. (April 30, 2018)
News:
New blog post on "Qualitative Data for Impactful Research" can be found here. (December 22, 2017)
MAXQDA 2018 just released. Click here for more details. Please note that I now offer training for both MAXQDA 12 and MAXQDA 2018. (Dec 5, 2017)
News:
Special request for a MAXQDA online course in the South Africa/Western Europe time zone scheduled. (Oct. 11, 2017)
Special request for a MAXQDA online course in the Singapore/Australia time zone scheduled. (Sept. 8, 2017)
Conference alert! On Nov. 2 & 3, 2017, I will be an evaluation assistant/evaluator for one of my employers at the Provincial Summit on Aging held in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. This is an invitation-only conference. Click here to see more details. (Oct. 19, 2017)
Recent news: On November 16 & 17, 2017, one of my research teams will host an internationally-renowned empowerment evaluation expert for a training session to move forward our "Building Trust to Facilitate Access to Dementia Care" project to the implementation stage. Looking forward to hosting our guest and to the training! (Oct. 19, 2017)
New project 1: Arbutus Greenway Evaluation (AGE): Evaluating the impacts of a neighbourhood development project on the elderly residents. Funded by the City of Vancouver. Method: Longitudinal qualitative enquiry*
(March, 2017-ongoing)
*This project has a concurrent quantitative component (March 30, 2017)
New project 2: Active Aging Grant (AAG) Evaluation: Evaluating the impacts of community grants on the physical health, independence and social connectedness of vulnerable older adults. Methods: narrative interviews and photovoice
(April, 2017-ongoing) (March 30, 2017)
2017 Conference Alert! - In the first half of this year, you can find me at the following two conferences:
i) Canadian Evaluation Society Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada April 30-May 3, 2017 (role: MAXQDA exhibitor)
ii) IIQM Thinking Qualitatively Workshop Series, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada June 17-18, 2017 (role: instructor of 2-day MAXQDA workshop) See you there! (Feb 18, 2017)
Latest update 1: Today, I realized that from this list of workshops that the IIQM organizes in Alberta, Canada every June, I have done and am qualified to teach 9 out of 11 (82%) of them (except phenomenology and arts-based research). Anyone would let me get onto their i) phenomenology ii) grounded-theory and iii) arts-based participatory research projects to complete my repertoire? Contact me. (June 27, 2016)
*New project: Building trust to facilitate access to dementia care for immigrant older adults: the role of the multicultural services sector (funded by The Alzheimer Society of Canada) Methodological highlight: Empowerment Evaluation (see Research) (July, 2016-ongoing) (May 27, 2016)
*New projects (consulting role):
1) Future Delta Project 2.0 - impacts of experiential game learning on climate change education and its outcomes (May 5, 2016)
2) Organizational barriers and facilitators to uptake of compliant flooring by decision makers in long-term care homes (March 20, 2016)
Latest Update 2: I am working on 6 new projects since January 2016, coding over 180 transcripts, conducting 50 interviews, including site visits and ethnographic observations, all in a few months' time. No wonder I don't have time to update this website!
Methodological highlights: i) Photovoice (2 projects), ii) longitudinal qualitative inquiry, iii) evaluation science, iv) implementation science, v) framework analysis, and vi) empowerment evaluation (See Research) (Jan 30, 2016)
Latest Update 3: Starting in 2016, I will be offering monthly MAXQDA online workshops for participants from anywhere in the world. Please check out this page http://www.maxqda.com/service/workshops and look for my courses and email me for registration details. (Jan 30, 2016)
New Syllabuses: My MAXQDA, ATLAS.ti and NVivo one day course syllabuses are now posted on this website! See Services Available. (Sept 18, 2014)
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I welcome enquiries about my consulting services on qualitative software (MAXQDA, NVivo, ATLAS.ti) and my research.
This is my research site. I am a qualitative and mixed methods researcher trained in conducting Health and Health Care Research. I received my Master's of Arts degree from the Geography Department at Queen's University, Canada, and a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in Geography/Urban Planning from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
After my master's, I have worked on a number of research projects (see RESEARCH page) using Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) software, most notably MAXQDA, ATLAS.ti and NVivo. I have gained my research experience from six universities in North America and Asia.
I own a training and consulting business, focusing on serving academic, governmental and non-profit clients who use software in conducting qualitative or mixed methods research (see SERVICES AVAILABLE page).
Note: This website is evolving. Please check back for the most recent updates periodically.
Site last updated: September 18, 2023
_________________________________________________________________________________
I welcome enquiries about my consulting services on qualitative software (MAXQDA, NVivo, ATLAS.ti) and my research.
This is my research site. I am a qualitative and mixed methods researcher trained in conducting Health and Health Care Research. I received my Master's of Arts degree from the Geography Department at Queen's University, Canada, and a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in Geography/Urban Planning from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
After my master's, I have worked on a number of research projects (see RESEARCH page) using Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) software, most notably MAXQDA, ATLAS.ti and NVivo. I have gained my research experience from six universities in North America and Asia.
I own a training and consulting business, focusing on serving academic, governmental and non-profit clients who use software in conducting qualitative or mixed methods research (see SERVICES AVAILABLE page).
Note: This website is evolving. Please check back for the most recent updates periodically.
Site last updated: September 18, 2023
