Integrating Generative AI into Analytical Practices in Qualitative Inquiry

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This chapter discusses the use of generative AI for qualitative data analysis, highlighting innovative techniques such as inductive coding, sentiment analysis and opinion mining, applied via ATLAS.ti software. It focuses on presenting how CAQDAS programs have currently expanded their analytical tools by integrating AI and, to exemplify these, the chapter analyses the discourse and policy on Artificial Intelligence and education found in official documents from UNESCO, a recognized international authority in the field. Reports of international forums on AI and education in the last five years were scrutinized, in addition to other relevant UNESCO documents on Artificial Intelligence and ethics, providing an overview of current areas of interest and concern and developments within the international education community. The chapter thus offers guidelines for mastering new qualitative analysis tools using AI by critically integrating these procedures into conventional methods.