What the study did
A researcher at UFMG evaluated AI for qualitative coding in migration studies. The same interview transcript was coded three ways: manually, with Atlas.ti, and with Evidano.
The transcript came from a study of 14 semi-structured interviews with Indigenous Pataxó migrants in Belo Horizonte, complex cultural data with several layers of meaning.
How Evidano fit the workflow
- 1Interview transcript
Raw qualitative data
- 2Evidano analysis
Thematic analysis in under a minute
- 37 themes
A synthesis ready for the researcher to review
“The Evidano system works at a much more satisfactory level of synthesis.”
“Its use as a research aid is already possible and can contribute significantly to the analysis of qualitative data in migration research.”
How the three approaches compared on one interview
| Dimension | Manual coding | Evidano |
|---|---|---|
| Time | ~40 min | < 1 min |
| Output | 12 codes | 7 themes; a clearer, more usable synthesis |
Atlas.ti: < 1 min, 120 codes in 5 groups; the author found this too many to categorize. The author reports Evidano's results were more usable than the other AI tool tested.
In the study, 40 minutes of manual coding became under a minute.
7 clear themes, rather than 120 fragmented codes to untangle.
The tool was named and evaluated openly in a published paper.
The paper frames AI as augmenting, not replacing, human judgment.
About Evidano (previously AILYZE)
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