Overarching Themes | Data-Driven Categories of Responses | Units (Examples from the survey responses) | F |
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Conceptualization and Ideation | Listing of related literature/references | I use ChatGPT to efficiently look for references and sources | 10 |
 | Understanding concepts and generating ideas | If there are statements I need to be clarified about or I need some elaboration | 10 |
 | Looking for an appropriate theoretical framework | I use it to look for an excellent theoretical framework according to my research objectives | 3 |
 | Identifying research gaps | I use ChatGPT to generate research gaps | 2 |
 | Creating research questions and hypotheses | ChatGPT is a valuable platform that can assist educators in creating fresh research concepts or hypotheses from a specific set of keywords or ideas | 3 |
Writing and Manuscript Preparation: | Rephrasing and paraphrasing information | I also ask ChatGPT to rephrase my draft | 5 |
 | Complying with conventions of academic writing | I use it to translate my writing into academic English Flow of writing For checking the tone of my writing | 4 |
 | Comparing my written manuscript to the AI-generated one | I compare the actual manuscript I've written and the AI-generated | 2 |
 | Outlining content | I ask it to draft me an outline of what to discuss in an introduction to discuss the background of the research | 1 |
 | Writing manuscripts and proposals | I use it in writing proposals It aided me when I was writing my thesis | 1 |
 | Summarizing articles | ChatGPT can turn articles into summaries | 1 |
Quality Control and Refinement | Grammar checking and refining outputs | I used it to edit my outputs | 1 |
 | Checking for plagiarized works | I use it to check those who plagiarize and use ChatGPT to cheat | 1 |
Coding and Analysis: | Creating codes from scratch and examples of codes | I asked it to explain how to create certain codes from scratch and give examples | 1 |
 | Analyzing data | I used the tool to assist in preliminary data analysis, unveiling trends and patterns that guide further inquiry | 1 |