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NVivo 12 (Windows, Mac, and Teams) – 2018.Mac versions of the software have fewer features. NVivo for Teams, which allows multiple users on a server to work on a project at the same time, was first released in 2010.

The final version of the software, N6, was consolidated into NVivo 7 in 2006. In 1997, an updated version of NUD*IST was named N4. Tom Richards and Lyn Richards developed NUD*IST (Non-numerical Unstructured Data Indexing, Searching and Theorizing), a software program designed for detailed analysis of unstructured textual data, in 1981. NVivo accommodates a wide range of research methods, including network and organizational analysis, action or evidence-based research, discourse analysis, grounded theory, conversation analysis, ethnography, literature reviews, phenomenology, mixed methods research and the Framework methodology. The software can identify trends and cross-examine information in various ways using its search engine and query functions. The software allows users to classify, sort and arrange information examine relationships in the data and combine analysis with linking, shaping, searching and modeling. Its developers state that it helps qualitative researchers to organize, analyze and find insights in unstructured or qualitative data like interviews, open-ended survey responses, journal articles, social media and web content, where deep levels of analysis on small or large volumes of data are required. NVivo is intended to help users organize and analyze non-numerical or unstructured data. NVivo is used across a diverse range of fields, including social sciences such as anthropology, psychology, communication, sociology, as well as fields such as forensics, tourism, criminology and marketing. NVivo is a qualitative data analysis (QDA) computer software package produced by Lumivero (formerly by QSR International).
