The Epistemic Triad: Auditing Participant-Endorsed Selections in Hybrid Human-LLM Coding

Working draft. A methods proposal for comparing participant-selected labels, researcher labels, and model outputs in qualitative analysis.

Authors: Iman YeckehZaare · Year: 2026 · PDF

Working draft proposing a comparison of participant-selected labels, researcher labels, and model outputs. The framework is a proposal, not a validated consensus among these sources. It remains separate from Keeping the Reason Behind the Label, which examines what representations of presentation feedback retain and what analysts add.

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