AI-Assisted Dissertation Writing – Supervisee’s Perspective

This open-ended questionnaire will take around 20 minutes to respond all the questions. The purpose of this questionnaire is to seek your insights about the AI-assisted dissertation writing opportunities, challenges, and recommendations. Your responses to the questions will help us theorize AI-assisted dissertation writing. Please be ensured that your identity will be masked while citing and interpreting all the data. We greatly appreciate your time and effort in completing this questionnaire amidst your busy schedule.

Demographics

Dissertation writing stage *

Access to AI Tools *

Opportunities

1. Are you familiar with AI-assisted writing tools? If yes, which one(s) do you use mostly for dissertation writing? *

2. In what ways do you think AI tools can contribute to your dissertation writing process? *

3. How do you optimize the use of AI-assisted writing tools? *

4. In what ways has AI improved your existing writing skills? *

5. How does AI assist you in wielding your arguments for dissertation writing? *

6. Does AI generate new content to assist you in the dissertation writing? *

7. What training do you think is necessary to use AI tools effectively for dissertation writing? *

Challenges

1. What are the challenges you faced when using AI for dissertation writing? *

2. What might be ethical concerns related to AI in dissertation writing? *

3. How do you see your dissertation writing performance while using AI? *

4. How do you compare your supervisor and AI feedback on your dissertation writing? *

5. Do you think AI discourage critical thinking in the dissertation writing? *

6. Do you think AI might produce biased or culturally insensitive text? *

7. Are you concerned about data privacy and security risks when using AI tools for dissertation writing? *

Recommendations

1. What might be some strategies to overcome challenges while integrating AI in dissertation writing? *

Follow-up Test on Traditional Vs. AI-assisted Writing

1. Describe your PhD research in 100-200 words. *

2. Provide a prompt for a Generative AI to refine or enhance the description of your research (100-200 words). Copy and paste the AI-generated response below. *

3. Elaborate how does Generative AI modify (in terms of word choice and sentence structure) your description of doctoral research proposal? Please provide examples from your AI revised content to support your response. *

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