Responsible Qualitative AI Readiness Assessment

Is Your Qualitative Research Ready for AI?

Answer a few questions to evaluate whether you have the privacy, methodological, and human-review safeguards needed to use generative AI in qualitative research.

You will receive a readiness result and practical next steps based on your role.

Time: Approximately 4 minutes

Please do not enter participant information, research data, or confidential project details into this assessment.

This assessment provides general educational guidance. It does not constitute legal advice, IRB approval, institutional authorization, or confirmation that a particular platform is appropriate for your data.

About You

Which best describes your role?

2. How are you using—or considering using—AI?

Academic Pathway

Organizational Pathway

Consultant and Evaluator Pathway

Shared Readiness Questions

3. What type of information would you enter into the AI platform?

Only public, synthetic, fictional, or fully de-identified material - 2

De-identified data that may retain potentially identifying contextual details - 1

Identifiable, confidential, proprietary, or sensitive data - 0

I am not sure - 0

4. Have you reviewed how the platform stores, uses, retains, shares, and deletes submitted data?

Yes, and the platform’s protections meet the project’s requirements - 2

I have reviewed some information, but questions remain - 1

No - 0

I am not sure what to review - 0

5. Have you clearly defined what AI will and will not do?

Yes, AI’s role and boundaries are clearly defined - 2

We have identified possible uses but not firm boundaries - 1

No, we plan to decide as the project progresses - 0

I am not sure - 0

6. Is the proposed use aligned with the research question and analytic methodology?

Yes, I can explain how the AI-assisted tasks support the methodology - 2

The use appears helpful, but the methodological rationale needs development - 1

No, the decision is based primarily on speed or convenience - 0

I am not sure - 0

7. Will researchers systematically compare AI-generated outputs with the original data?

Yes, outputs will be checked against the source data - 2

Researchers will review selected outputs or excerpts - 1

No, we expect to rely primarily on AI-generated summaries - 0

I am not sure - 0

8. Does the analytic process examine context, contradictions, outliers, and less-common perspectives?

Yes, this is built into the analysis - 2

We intend to do this, but do not have a defined procedure - 1

No, we expect AI to identify the most important findings - 0

I am not sure - 0

9. Do you have a process for identifying inaccurate, unsupported, biased, or decontextualized AI output?

Yes, we have defined verification and quality-control procedures - 2

We plan to review the output, but our procedures are informal - 1

No - 0

I am not sure - 0

10. Will qualified researchers remain responsible for final interpretations and conclusions?

Yes, researchers will make and remain accountable for final interpretations - 2

Researchers will review conclusions produced with substantial AI assistance - 1

No, we plan to rely primarily on the AI tool’s conclusions - 0

I am not sure - 0

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