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Main Authors: Kirsten, Elisabeth, Buckmann, Annalina, Mhaidli, Abraham, Becker, Steffen
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06607
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author Kirsten, Elisabeth
Buckmann, Annalina
Mhaidli, Abraham
Becker, Steffen
author_facet Kirsten, Elisabeth
Buckmann, Annalina
Mhaidli, Abraham
Becker, Steffen
contents Qualitative data analysis provides insight into the underlying perceptions and experiences within unstructured data. However, the time-consuming nature of the coding process, especially for larger datasets, calls for innovative approaches, such as the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs). This short paper presents initial findings from a study investigating the integration of LLMs for coding tasks of varying complexity in a real-world dataset. Our results highlight the challenges inherent in coding with extensive codebooks and contexts, both for human coders and LLMs, and suggest that the integration of LLMs into the coding process requires a task-by-task evaluation. We examine factors influencing the complexity of coding tasks and initiate a discussion on the usefulness and limitations of incorporating LLMs in qualitative research.
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spellingShingle Decoding Complexity: Exploring Human-AI Concordance in Qualitative Coding
Kirsten, Elisabeth
Buckmann, Annalina
Mhaidli, Abraham
Becker, Steffen
Human-Computer Interaction
Qualitative data analysis provides insight into the underlying perceptions and experiences within unstructured data. However, the time-consuming nature of the coding process, especially for larger datasets, calls for innovative approaches, such as the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs). This short paper presents initial findings from a study investigating the integration of LLMs for coding tasks of varying complexity in a real-world dataset. Our results highlight the challenges inherent in coding with extensive codebooks and contexts, both for human coders and LLMs, and suggest that the integration of LLMs into the coding process requires a task-by-task evaluation. We examine factors influencing the complexity of coding tasks and initiate a discussion on the usefulness and limitations of incorporating LLMs in qualitative research.
title Decoding Complexity: Exploring Human-AI Concordance in Qualitative Coding
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06607