NVIVO AS A SUPPORT INSTRUMENT FOR LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

This article describes how a computer aided qualitative analysis software, NVivo 12 Plus, was
used in a process of conducting a Literature Review. As an illustrative example of the approach put into practice,
a literature review on working with tables and graphs in the context of Basic Education, from the perspective
of statistical literacy, is presented. Through this review, which was carried out in the annals of the XIII National
Meeting of Mathematical Education - XIII ENEM (2019), the authors’ reflections and reflections are offered,
highlighting the management, consultation and visualization resources that facilitate and optimize a literature review . The results extracted from this experience reinforce the potential of this software in conducting and writing a high quality literature review, since the NVivo 12 Plus organization, analysis and visualization tools were useful to summarize data, model relationships and represent abstract concepts in a clear and intuitive, favoring scientific rigor, comprehensiveness and writing of the literature review. The conclusions derived from the process of conducting the Literature Review reinforce that the tools and functionalities of NVivo 12 Plus help the researcher to overcome his limitations of coding, organization and storage of the revised literature, potentiating the development of these activities, in a shorter time than than that needed to carry out manual work