4 papers
Mutation Without Variation: Convergence Dynamics in LLM-Driven Program Evolution
Can Gurkan, Forrest Stonedahl, Uri Wilensky
When an LLM repeatedly mutates a program, does it explore new forms or circle back to the same ones? We study this question by analyzing LLM-driven mutation chains in the absence o…
A Computational Method for Measuring "Open Codes" in Qualitative Analysis
John Chen, Alexandros Lotsos, Sihan Cheng +7
Qualitative analysis is critical to understanding human datasets in many social science disciplines. A central method in this process is inductive coding, where researchers identif…
Processes Matter: How ML/GAI Approaches Could Support Open Qualitative Coding of Online Discourse Datasets
John Chen, Alexandros Lotsos, Grace Wang +4
Open coding, a key inductive step in qualitative research, discovers and constructs concepts from human datasets. However, capturing extensive and nuanced aspects or "coding moment…
Prompts Matter: Comparing ML/GAI Approaches for Generating Inductive Qualitative Coding Results
John Chen, Alexandros Lotsos, Lexie Zhao +4
Inductive qualitative methods have been a mainstay of education research for decades, yet it takes much time and effort to conduct rigorously. Recent advances in artificial intelli…