Alexa, Analyze This!: Exploring Identities, Affordances, and Risks While Using AI for Qualitative Analysis

• In Event: Roundtable Session V
  In Roundtable Session: Alexa, Analyze This!: Exploring Identities, Affordances, and Risks While Using AI for Qualitative Analysis

Abstract

This roundtable will present findings from a research project where a multigenerational group of education researchers experimented with using generative AI for qualitative data analysis. Using a data set that was already qualitatively analyzed in the “traditional” way, this work explores possible roles (e.g., tool, thought partner, agent), risks, and affordances of AI for analysis. In addition to data samples and comparison of analyses, we will share lingering questions and implications for further research.

Authors

• Sarah Burriss, Vanderbilt University

• Basak Cermikli, Vanderbilt University

• Irem Comoglu, Vanderbilt University

• Abbey Elizabeth Gonzales, Vanderbilt university

• Anastasia Y Goodwin, Vanderbilt University

• Erica Lee Payne, Vanderbilt University

• Deborah Wells Rowe, Vanderbilt University