“I can’t imagine my life without my phone,” a friend once told me, which made me pause and reflect: Is it the same for me? In aRead More »2024 in Review: How AI Made Me Rethink Qualitative Research
During COVID-19, many things happened, and surprisingly, most of them have evaporated from our minds. One fine evening, I was having a conversation with aRead More »Beyond AI Ethics 101: Confronting the Real Unknowns of Data and Integrity
I stayed up late to follow the U.S. election campaign that took place yesterday (November 5th, 2024). The clock struck 1 a.m., and the resultsRead More »US Election 2024: Did Election Campaign Leaders Miss the Voices of Their Constituents?
The debate of qualitative versus quantitative data/research is never-ending. But spending time debating something that can never be definitively proven and that ultimately depends onRead More »When to Quantify Qualitative Data? Is There a Right Time and Place for Data Transformation
I recently watched a short video clip where a famous celebrity was having a conversation with a robot during Tesla’s much-anticipated launch of its robotaxiRead More »From People Talking to People to Conversations with AI: What This Means for Qualitative Research?
I’ve lost count of how often I’ve heard, “We don’t have the time or resources for that,” when discussing qualitative research. This comment usually comes fromRead More »The Road to Future: AI and Qualitative Research