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Thematic analysis with open-source generative AI and machine learning: A new method for inductive qualitative codebook development

Andrew Katz, Gabriella Coloyan Fleming, Joyce B. Main

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications2026Featured

Abstract

This paper introduces a novel method for developing qualitative codebooks using open-source generative AI and machine learning techniques, enabling more systematic and reproducible inductive thematic analysis.

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