The study
The study Mandatory Regionalization and Its Limits was authored by researchers at Stanford University and UC Davis and published through Getting Down to Facts, Stanford SCALE Initiative, in May 2026.
How Evidano fit the workflow
A human-led process, with AI used as a supplement and checked at every step.
- 1Researchers completed manual coding and thematic analysis first.
- 2Deidentified transcripts were uploaded into Evidano.
- 3Evidano generated AI themes and sub-themes used to assess alignment with the researcher's themes and to enhance analytic reflexivity.
- 4All AI-generated codes were manually cross-checked and revised by the first author.
“an AI-powered qualitative data analysis platform that supports content, thematic, and cross-group analyses”
“All AI-generated codes were manually cross-checked and revised by the first author.”
Why AI-assisted over manual coding
Slow cross-checking of themes, with limited time for a second analytic pass.
An AI pass to assess alignment and support reflexivity, with the researcher reviewing every code.
AI use was reported in the study's methods section.
Every AI-generated code was reviewed and revised by the researcher.
Transcripts were deidentified before being uploaded.
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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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.
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.
AcademiaA William & Mary research team used Evidano (previously AILYZE) to analyze 3,443 participants’ open-ended responses
AI-assisted thematic analysis, verified by human researchers, in a published Mensa Foundation report.
Related published evidence
Researcher interviews and published citations covering comparable studies.
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AI-assisted qualitative analysis is now appearing in published research
A university research team used Evidano to turn 8 interviews into a thematic codebook, with researcher review.
8 interview transcripts analyzed
Journal of Education Research
- Published research2025
AI-assisted qualitative analysis is appearing in published research
An AI tool was named in the data analysis section of a 2025 University of Glasgow and Erasmus University Rotterdam thesis. Here is what it supported.
13 semi-structured interviews
Master's thesis, University of Glasgow and Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Published research2025
AI-assisted coding inside a published University of Glasgow thesis
A researcher generated initial codes with AI, then reviewed every one. Transparent, disclosed, human-led.
12 semi-structured interviews
CEERES Master's thesis, University of Glasgow, University of Tartu and Ilia State University
Explore more evidence
Researcher interviews, the wording authors published when citing Evidano, and accuracy comparisons against manual coding.
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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.
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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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Methodology guides and research writing
Practical guides to qualitative methods — thematic analysis, grounded theory, evidence synthesis and more — alongside the wider Evidano article library.
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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.