It allowed small research teams to manage hundreds of interviews or focus groups that would have been physically impossible to sort manually.

NVivo 8 included mapping tools that allowed researchers to visually represent the relationships between codes, cases, and concepts. 4. Methodological Implications

NVivo 8 introduced several tools that transformed the researcher's workflow:

Despite its innovations, NVivo 8 faced several criticisms from the academic community:

This version broke the "text-only" barrier by allowing users to import, code, and analyze audio, video, and image files directly without needing external transcriptions. 3. Core Features and Functionalities of NVivo 8

The software utilized "nodes" (containers for codes). Free nodes were used for open coding, while tree nodes allowed for organized, hierarchical categorization.