This workshop focuses on using GAI in qualitative research, particularly thematic analysis. Thematic analysis is widely used in qualitative research for identifying, analysing, and reporting patterns (themes) within data. GAI tools such as ChatGPT can sort, organise, and interpret large volumes of qualitative data almost instantaneously.

However, there are both ethical and efficacy challenges. Ethically there are big issues around confidentiality and data security. Loading original data into an AI system like ChatGPT could breach confidentiality agreements and expose personal information. The other major challenge involves knowing how accurate the AI analysis is.

This session show you how to create a synthetic dataset and perform a thematic analysis of these data. Then I'll compare it to a genuine equivalent dataset which has been analysed using NVivo.

This is the 6th workshop in the Qualitative Data Analysis series for 2024, led by Dr Nick Hopwood and Dr Erin Turbitt. It will be held both online and in-person, and it may be recorded.

If you are interested in further workshops in the series, check out these upcoming sessions:

Thematic analysis: Big Q and little q - 27 February 2024
Me, the data, and theory - 26 March 2024
Working with theory - 14 May 2024
Keeping the whole person in view: Challenges for qualitative analysis - 9 July 2024
Using AI to do qualitative analysis - 13 August 2024
Demystifying action research - 10 September 2024
Post-qualitative analysis- 8 October 2024

This is a UTS Aspire event. UTS Aspire is a program of pan-university research development opportunities led by the Research Capability and Development Team.