What the study describes
The study explored how 31 adult learners experienced learning a sign language. To analyse one of the open-ended survey questions, the researcher used the free version of Evidano. The use of the AI tool is disclosed openly in the paper's analysis section.
It aligned with the researcher's own coding
When the researcher compared outputs, the AI analysis pointed to the same priority she had identified by hand.
It worked directly in Hungarian
The responses were not in English.
How Evidano fit the workflow
- 127 open-ended responses
Free-text answers, written in Hungarian.
- 2Analysed with Evidano
The free version of the tool processed the responses.
- 35 themes surfaced
A structured starting point for interpretation.
- 4Researcher reviewed and compared
She interpreted the output and weighed it against her own coding. The researcher kept interpretive control.
“The free version of the AI tool AILYZE proposed the following themes...”
“...similarly to the analysis carried out by the researchers, the AI analysis identified video materials as versatile learning aids.”
“The AI analysis tool successfully tackled comments in Hungarian.”
Line-by-line coding by hand. Non-English data adds translation steps. Themes built slowly across many passes.
AI-assisted draft themes in the data's own language, ready for the researcher to review, refine, and interpret.
Transcription and translation in 100+ languages. The study used it on Hungarian data.
AI-assisted thematic analysis using your own codebook or an AI-suggested one.
Clickable quotes, citations, and exportable insights keep findings auditable.
End-to-end encryption, no third-party data sharing, and data not used for AI training.
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.
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A Journal of Experimental Criminology study triangulated its themes with Evidano
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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.
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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.