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Dialing Up the Empathy: Using AI Chatbots in Qualitative Surveys

Michael M. Bechtel, Aaron Cannon, Michael Hess, Joshua Weidmann

2026

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Michael M. Bechtel, Aaron Cannon, Michael Hess, Joshua Weidmann (2026). Dialing Up the Empathy: Using AI Chatbots in Qualitative Surveys.

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