How we use AI in Causal Map?
At Causal Map Ltd, we use AI to both collect and analyse qualitative data. 🤖 We believe that the use of AI should also follow published guidelines to ensure transparent and valid results.
We are not comfortable with procedures which rely on giving the AI the freedom to make evaluative judgements. So we do not, for example, ask the AI “what are the main or most important causal stories in the document”. We do not ask the AI to make summaries. Instead, we use the AI only as a tireless low-level assistant to exhaustively and transparently identify large numbers of individual causal claims (ideally, every single one of them) within the texts.
🔍 We follow established qualitative social science procedures for coding, with the aim that each step of the process from coding to analysis is transparent and verifiable. We don’t rely on AI to simplify the coded data or decide, for example, which themes are most important.
AI-Powered Autocoding
The Causal Map app now features a beta version of an autocoding feature. The app is enabled with OpenAI's GPT-4o and 4o-mini models to automatically identify causal claims and connections within qualitative data like interview transcripts and documents.
- The AI follows detailed coding guidelines to exhaustively extract individual causal links, which are then verified against the original text.
- This AI-powered functionality allows for automated coding of qualitative data, significantly speeding up the process of identifying causal connections in texts.
Automated qualitative interviewing
QualiaInterviews is our latest app that uses AI to conduct in-depth, open-ended interviews with respondents.
- 💬 Users design the interview guideline, and then the AI interviewer guides respondents through the interview, adapting questions to the context.
- 💡 This allows for gathering rich qualitative data at scale, transparently and reproducibly.
Consultancy Services
In addition to our user-facing tools, we offer bespoke consulting services that leverage AI to streamline causal mapping projects from start to finish. Our expert team will work closely with you to:
- Develop research questions that get to the heart of your investigation
- Process and code your qualitative data using our AI-assisted Causal Map platform
- Deliver insightful, visually compelling reports that directly address your research questions
With the power of AI and our deep causal mapping expertise, we can uncover the causal stories in your data with unparalleled efficiency and depth of understanding. To explore how our consulting services can advance your research goals, get in touch with our team today.