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Is anyone using AI platforms to code interviews and focus groups narratives? If yes, which one are you using? Pros and cons?

I'm having a lot of difficulty with interviewing using narrative inquiry as I seem to be more in a conversation to illict stories

For example, the zenith of NA shows not much talking from the researcher and a lot of data from the respondent in terms of a story.

I don't have a lot of time with the people, so can only build relationships on one session or maximum two. I used dialogue and conversation to gain a flow and relationship. However, this seems to be at odds with NI

for example:

V: yeah. yeah. since my dad died I've always just gone there for some peace (peace comes up a lot ) Its my little bit of "ahh!" (laughs)

J: yeah definitely sounds like its important to you (My assumption comes in as Its not important to me,.) So you come from London to Wales totally different

V: Totally different

J: Is there anything different about you?

V: I don't' have panic attacks any more and I'm not as anxious any more. umm I don't know I said I've changed my image

J: What image was that?

V: hahaha! I just didn't want to be as down and depressing  anymore, I just wanted to be ... well some days I'm like that...

J: of course

I am coming from a social constructionist approach so was therefore going to argue that it can be done in this way as it is a mutual construction, and given the time constraints I used the conversation aspect of questioning. I am not looking at CA/DA but thematic analysis.

this is my pilot interview so I know I need to brush up on my skills and questioning etc.

Can you help please? have you found your NI interviews look like this too?

Undertaking small scale research dissertation project. If using narrative analysis what is the minimum umber of participants? A guideline that we were given for IPA for example was 4-6 participants but we have been given very little overview in regards to narrative analysis.

I am conducting my study using narrative interviews as my principal form of data collection and I find that some of my participants are telling me about more than their experiences, which is what I am interested in.

I am debating on whether to use a questionnaire pre-interview to gain characteristic information about the respondent. 

I am working in an area of disadvantage, and it would be good to gain some information about them such as age, number of children, time in employment, disability etc. the question structure come from the UK census. However, I am not sure whether this goes against the ethos of NI.

What do you think?

TIA

1.Being a novice researcher and respondents not used to giving interviews tend to drift off in a different direction.

2. What are the methods to analyze such data collected? Since the number of interviews are around 10+ ,each lasting 40-50 mins, what could be the simplest way to analyze such data?

My research project is based on developing students' writing skills competence. it is quasi experimental study mixed method involved pre-test and post test nine weeks intervention. data were collected from think aloud protocol of group discussion based on three genres ( narrative, descriptive and argumentative) and semi structured interview was conducted on the key respondents students with the largest gained scores, medium and lowest on post-test. I am now confused which approach to use Inductive or Deductive for analysis of interview . deductive is based on predetermined concepts and its frequency of occurrences in the data set file whereas inductive looks for new or emerging themes from analysis of the interview data. I need help in this regard. Thank you!

In my PhD I collected interview from 6 different political violent organisations (28 in total) and was thinking of using case study as research design. However, now, at the point of analysing the data and using narrative analysis, I am not sure if this makes sense...what you narrative analysts are using as research design?

I am conducting narrative research with fathers of children with intellectual disabilities.

Atkinson (2002) suggests a three steps process of life story interviewing viz., planning for interview (1), process of doing interview (2) and transcribing along with interpreting interview (3).

By following all these steps, I have converted the interview into a story, removed interviewer's comments and remarks, as guided by Atkinson 2002. My goal behind conducting this interview is to understand the cultural construction of an issue, a truth. To achieve this goal I want to apply the reading method of deconstruction on the target narrative.. 

Can anyone give me surety for my plan... how far am I correct?