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Leveraging AI to Recruit Qualitative Research Respondents

May 26, 2026 0

When traditional methods fall short in finding hard-to-reach qualitative research participants, AI-powered social media ad campaigns can offer a highly effective alternative. These campaigns use AI to target recruits based on specific behaviors and interests across multiple online platforms, as well as help optimize ad visuals, copy, and delivery to boost engagement and reduce cost. Author Tami Wloch shares that a thoughtful, human-guided approach—supported by AI—can deliver efficient, accurate results, helping researchers recruit for qual studies. […]

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Striking the Right Balance Between Human and AI Transcription for Qualitative Research

April 4, 2025 0

By now we all know AI transcription of interviews is anything but flawless–especially when cultural references are critical to insights, as they can easily be missed by machines. But, if used properly, AI transcription can add efficiency to projects. In this article, multilinguistic researcher Jill Kushner Bishop outlines a decision-making framework to help researchers decide when to consider human or blended human and AI solutions to optimize resources and maximize the quality of insights. […]

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Return of the Big Idea Can AI philosophy agents make qual more valuable?

April 4, 2025 0

AI is capable of much more than transcribing interviews and summarizing findings. Qualitative researchers can use AI as coach, collaborator, and sandbox to expand their human powers of imagination and thought across every part of the qualitative research process, from the brief to the report. Ben Jenkins challenges us to think like philosophers, not afraid or encumbered in asking the “big questions.” […]