What the study analysed
The study examined how agile coaches help organisations sustain change after their engagements end. It drew on 16 semi-structured interviews with professional agile coaches across 7 countries.
Transcripts were analysed using Braun and Clarke's six-phase inductive thematic analysis. The publication describes Evidano as "an artificial intelligence driven qualitative analysis tool."
A supplementary check, not a replacement
In the study, transcripts were anonymised before upload, AI use was disclosed in the data analysis section, and the human research team made all final decisions about the themes.
How Evidano fit the workflow
- 1Manual analysis first
The team coded all transcripts using inductive thematic analysis.
- 2Anonymised upload
After manual analysis, anonymised transcripts were uploaded to Evidano.
- 3Independent overview
Evidano was configured to generate an independent thematic overview of the dataset.
- 4Systematic comparison
The Evidano themes were compared systematically with the manually developed themes.
- 5Researcher judgment
Overlaps increased confidence in the patterns. The team discussed differences and kept all final decisions.
“The Evidano themes "overlapped with the existing thematic structure ... which increased confidence in these patterns."”
“Evidano "served as a supplementary check and stimulus for reflexive discussion."”
Triangulation, two ways
A second coder repeats analysis by hand. Cross-checking the full theme structure is slow and resource heavy.
An independent thematic overview is generated, then compared with your manual themes to corroborate the structure, with you in control.
Add an AI-generated thematic overview to cross-check your own coding.
Overlapping themes corroborate your structure, as reported in the study.
In the study, AI use was disclosed in the data analysis section.
A supplementary check that supports judgment rather than replacing it.
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.
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.
More case studies
AcademiaResearchers at Oxford and Melbourne used AI to analyse their interview data
Evidano helped analyse interview transcripts in a peer-reviewed study, then was checked against manual coding.
AcademiaA Stanford-led study used AI to cross-check its qualitative coding
A published mixed-methods study uploaded deidentified transcripts into Evidano to cross-check themes. Every AI code was reviewed by the researcher.
AcademiaResearchers used AI for qualitative analysis. Human experts reached the same conclusions.
A published Cornell study used Evidano (previously AILYZE) for thematic analysis, and human experts reached the same conclusions.
Related published evidence
Researcher interviews and published citations covering comparable studies.
- Published research2026
A Braun & Clarke thematic analysis, AI-assisted and verified by researchers
Published in Frontiers in Education (2026): encrypted data, human-verified themes, and a transparent AI coding workflow.
9 Teachers interviewed
Frontiers in Education
- Published research2026
A UCLA dissertation ran three separate AI-assisted analyses of its qualitative data
A UCLA dissertation used Evidano for initial coding and theme generation across journals and interviews, then reviewed and refined every result.
18 students in the qualitative sample
UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations (eScholarship, University of California)
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
Three head-to-head comparisons against expert human analysis — 371 interview transcripts with Arizona State and Penn State, 298 evaluation reports for a UN evaluation group, and UNICEF’s manual-coding review.