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Sam Martin^1,2, Emma Beecham², Emira Kursumovic^3,4

¹Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Machine-assisted analysis of Big Qualitative data in healthcare research significantly speeds up analysis time with good accuracy. Human expertise remains crucial for nuanced interpretation and identifying emergent themes not yet supported by AI tools.

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Area of Science:

Healthcare Research
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Big Qualitative (Big Qual) data in healthcare research poses analysis challenges.
Traditional methods struggle with the exponential growth of qualitative data.
This study evaluates AI-assisted analysis against human-only analysis for large qualitative datasets.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the effectiveness of machine-assisted analysis versus human-only analysis for Big Qual data.
To evaluate AI tools (Pulsar, Caplena) for sentiment and thematic analysis.
To establish benchmarks for AI development in qualitative research.

Main Methods:

Comparative methodological study of 5,196 free-text responses.
Human-coded reference standard established following SRQR guidelines.
Machine-assisted analysis evaluated against human gold standard using STARD-AI standards and performance metrics (accuracy, precision, recall, F1-scores, Cohen's Kappa).

Main Results:

Machine-assisted analysis significantly reduced analysis time, especially for theme identification.
AI achieved good thematic and sentiment classification accuracy compared to human analysis.
Human analysis identified an 'ambiguous' sentiment category, highlighting AI limitations in inductive analysis.

Conclusions:

Machine-assisted analysis offers efficiency gains for Big Qual data with acceptable accuracy.
Human expertise is essential for nuanced interpretation and emergent category identification.
A hybrid approach is viable for Big Qual research, but AI tools need enhanced flexibility.