Research report · Antropoloogia Keskus · 2025

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Antropoloogia Keskus: AI-assisted pattern refinement across 31 ethnographic interviews

The publication, by Estonia’s applied anthropology centre Antropoloogia Keskus, reports a qualitative study of HK Unicorn Squad, a technology programme for girls aged 8 to 14. The analysis applied an ethnographic thinking framework alongside thematic analysis to surface recurring patterns and main themes, drawing on in-depth interviews, group interviews, and participant observation in natural settings.

The study used Evidano, then published as AILYZE.

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in-depth interviews across four respondent groups

group interviews with 3 to 7 girls each

participant observation events, including a three-day summer camp

research personas developed in analysis

How Evidano appears in the study

The study names Evidano among the AI tools the team used to check and refine the patterns surfaced through that framework, working with pseudonymized texts after joint analysis sessions and in-depth individual work with the material. Participants, parents, and instructors gave written informed consent under Estonian Research Council good-practice guidelines.

Source

Jaanits, J., Sepp, M., Rajaveer, L., Lepik, L. M. (2025). HK Unicorn Squad program experience and impact study. Antropoloogia Keskus. Full report (Estonian, PDF).

How Evidano fit the workflow

1
Structured transcriptions
Prepared from the fieldwork material.
2
Human analysis
Using an ethnographic thinking framework and thematic analysis, in joint sessions and in-depth work.
3
AI used to check and refine patterns
With Evidano among the tools, on pseudonymized texts.
4
Themes, subthemes, and 4 personas
Developed from the analysis.

“To check and refine patterns we also used artificial intelligence (GPT-4o, GPT-5 and AILYZE), working with pseudonymised texts.”

— From the study methodology, translated from Estonian (AILYZE is now Evidano)

Transparently disclosed

Named in the analysis methods, not hidden.

Privacy-conscious

Researchers worked with pseudonymized texts.

Human-led

AI checked and refined patterns alongside researchers.

Ethnographic framework

An ethnographic thinking framework, paired with thematic analysis.

About Evidano (previously AILYZE)

Evidano is AI-assisted qualitative data analysis software for interviews, focus groups, open-ended survey responses, and documents. It supports AI-assisted thematic analysis with your own or an AI-suggested codebook, transcription and translation in 100+ languages, clickable quotes and citations, and exportable visual reports. End-to-end encryption, no third-party data sharing, and your data is not used to train AI. From USD 50/month for unlimited analysis.

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Peer-reviewed article

Volda and Melbourne researchers used AI interview analysis to triangulate manual coding

Two researchers coded 11 interviews by hand with over 90% agreement, then ran the anonymised transcripts through Evidano and compared the results for triangulation and validation.

209

survey participants, a 97% response rate

2026

Academia

Institutional report

Stanford and UC Davis researchers used AI to cross-check their qualitative coding

A published mixed-methods study uploaded deidentified transcripts into Evidano to cross-check its themes. Every AI code was reviewed by the researcher.

interviews analyzed

2026

Academia

Conference paper / poster

Cornell’s CLASP used AI thematic analysis on its program film. Adult educators concurred.

A published Cornell study used Evidano for thematic analysis of its program film, then compared the AI’s reading with expert educators’ reactions at AAACE 2023.

themes identified in the thematic analysis

2023

Researcher interviews and published citations covering comparable studies.

Published research2026
Sharjah Education Academy: AI thematic analysis of 9 teacher interviews, human-verified
Published in Frontiers in Education (2026): encrypted data, human-verified themes, and a transparent AI coding workflow across English and Arabic interviews.
9 Teachers interviewed
Frontiers in Education, 11:1690181 (Frontiers Media, 2026), open access
See how it was cited Read the researcher spotlight
Published research2026
University of Glasgow used AI triangulation on a 16-interview thematic analysis
Inside a Springer-published University of Glasgow study that used Evidano to generate an independent thematic overview and triangulate its six themes.
16 semi-structured interviews, about 60 minutes each
Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, XP 2026, Springer LNBIP 578, pp. 3–19, open access
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Research report · Antropoloogia Keskus · 2025

Institutional report

Antropoloogia Keskus: AI-assisted pattern refinement across 31 ethnographic interviews

The study used Evidano, then published as AILYZE.

Try Evidano free Book a demo

View the published study

in-depth interviews across four respondent groups

group interviews with 3 to 7 girls each

participant observation events, including a three-day summer camp

research personas developed in analysis

How Evidano appears in the study

Source

Jaanits, J., Sepp, M., Rajaveer, L., Lepik, L. M. (2025). HK Unicorn Squad program experience and impact study. Antropoloogia Keskus. Full report (Estonian, PDF).

How Evidano fit the workflow

1
Structured transcriptions
Prepared from the fieldwork material.
2
Human analysis
Using an ethnographic thinking framework and thematic analysis, in joint sessions and in-depth work.
3
AI used to check and refine patterns
With Evidano among the tools, on pseudonymized texts.
4
Themes, subthemes, and 4 personas
Developed from the analysis.

“To check and refine patterns we also used artificial intelligence (GPT-4o, GPT-5 and AILYZE), working with pseudonymised texts.”

— From the study methodology, translated from Estonian (AILYZE is now Evidano)

Transparently disclosed

Named in the analysis methods, not hidden.

Privacy-conscious

Researchers worked with pseudonymized texts.

Human-led

AI checked and refined patterns alongside researchers.

Ethnographic framework

An ethnographic thinking framework, paired with thematic analysis.

About Evidano (previously AILYZE)

Run the first pass in days, not weeks

Keep the judgment with you. Let Evidano do the heavy lifting on your interviews, focus groups, open-ended responses, and documents.

Try Evidano free Book a demo

Academia

Peer-reviewed article

Volda and Melbourne researchers used AI interview analysis to triangulate manual coding

Two researchers coded 11 interviews by hand with over 90% agreement, then ran the anonymised transcripts through Evidano and compared the results for triangulation and validation.

209

survey participants, a 97% response rate

2026

Academia

Institutional report

Stanford and UC Davis researchers used AI to cross-check their qualitative coding

A published mixed-methods study uploaded deidentified transcripts into Evidano to cross-check its themes. Every AI code was reviewed by the researcher.

interviews analyzed

2026

Academia

Conference paper / poster

Cornell’s CLASP used AI thematic analysis on its program film. Adult educators concurred.

A published Cornell study used Evidano for thematic analysis of its program film, then compared the AI’s reading with expert educators’ reactions at AAACE 2023.

themes identified in the thematic analysis

2023

Researcher interviews and published citations covering comparable studies.

Published research2026
Sharjah Education Academy: AI thematic analysis of 9 teacher interviews, human-verified
Published in Frontiers in Education (2026): encrypted data, human-verified themes, and a transparent AI coding workflow across English and Arabic interviews.
9 Teachers interviewed
Frontiers in Education, 11:1690181 (Frontiers Media, 2026), open access
See how it was cited Read the researcher spotlight
Published research2026
University of Glasgow used AI triangulation on a 16-interview thematic analysis
Inside a Springer-published University of Glasgow study that used Evidano to generate an independent thematic overview and triangulate its six themes.
16 semi-structured interviews, about 60 minutes each
Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming, XP 2026, Springer LNBIP 578, pp. 3–19, open access
Read the researcher spotlight

Explore more evidence

Researcher interviews, the wording authors published when citing Evidano, and accuracy comparisons against manual coding.

Resource
Research spotlights: researchers in their own words
Interviews with researchers at leading universities and institutes about how they actually used Evidano in work they went on to publish.
Resource
How Evidano was used, in published methods sections
Verbatim excerpts from 20 published studies describing what Evidano did in their analysis — as a thought partner, a second coder, for initial coding, or for synthesis.
Resource
Methodology guides and research writing
Practical guides to qualitative methods — thematic analysis, grounded theory, evidence synthesis and more — alongside the wider Evidano article library.
Resource
Human vs AI: validated accuracy benchmarks
Four head-to-head comparisons against expert human analysis — 371 interview transcripts with Arizona State and Penn State, 298 evaluation reports, 224 open-ended survey responses with UT Austin and Wichita State, and a 160-response manual-coding review.

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