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New database features 250 AI tools that can enhance social science research

  • Written by Megan Stubbs-Richardson, Assistant Research Professor at the Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University
imageLiterature reviews and identifying themes in large datasets become easier with these AI tools.kali9/E+ via Getty Images

AI – or artificial intelligence – is often used as a way to summarize data and improve writing. But AI tools also represent a powerful and efficient way to analyze large amounts of text to search for patterns. In...

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