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Response to the Open Letter that Opposes the Use of Generative AI for Reflexive Qualitative Research

Susanne Friese, October 26 2025

Last week an open letter against the use of generative AI for reflexive qualitative research made the round. At the time of writing about 400 qualitative researchers had signed it. Open Letter Here is their position: “We hold the position that analytic approaches such as reflexive thematic analysis are human research practices requiring a...

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AI-powered versus human powered qualitative data analysis

Susanne Friese, February 23 2023

To find out how AI can benefit the analysis of qualitative data, I did an experiment based on a text I coded using software that supports qualitative data analysis. This is a bit more advanced than using paper and pencil to code data. Then I also let AI do the work. The texts I am using for this experiment are comments on a parenting blog and an...

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