A Framework For Discussing LLMs as Tools for Qualitative Analysis
<|reference_start|>A Framework For Discussing LLMs as Tools for Qualitative Analysis: We review discourses about the philosophy of science in qualitative research and evidence from cognitive linguistics in order to ground a framework for discussing the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) to support the qualitative analysis process. This framework involves asking two key questions: "is the LLM proposing or refuting a qualitative model?" and "is the human researcher checking the LLM's decision-making directly?". We then discuss an implication of this framework: that using LLMs to surface counter-examples for human review represents a promising space for the adoption of LLMs into the qualitative research process. This space is promising because it is a site of overlap between researchers working from a variety of philosophical assumptions, enabling productive cross-paradigm collaboration on tools and practices.<|reference_end|>
@article{eschrich2024a,
    title={A Framework For Discussing LLMs as Tools for Qualitative Analysis},
    author={James Eschrich, Sarah Sterman},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.11198},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2407.11198},
    primaryClass={cs.HC}
}