Advanced Analysis
How do I write good prompts?
AI language models are not trained to give the answer. They are trained to give a likely possible answer that you as a researcher can then check using the evidence provided.
Things to try…
Ask Specific Queries
The accuracy of the evidence retrieved for its answer will improve with more context so asking longer, more direct questions or clarifying what you are interested in with a follow-up will help.| Good Example | Bad Example |
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| Summarise what voters said about their first time voting experience. | Summarise the main points. |
Communicate in the imperative
CoLoop relies on language models that have been trained to follow instructions. Posing queries in an imperative mood, particularly when asking CoLoop to format or summarise previous conversations, will improve its performance.| Good Example | Bad Example |
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| Format the last message into bullet points. | Can you format your last message into bullet points? |
Ensure your question contains specific language
CoLoop searches over its “memory” to find evidence to use when answering your query. More targeted language will increase the chance it will identify the right parts of the transcript to refer to.| Good Example | Bad Example |
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| What did participants say they like about concepts A, B and C | What did participants say they liked? |
Ask qualitative questions in the AI chat
Update coming soon to allow you to ask quantitative questions..!
| Good Example | Bad Example |
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| - | How many participants mentioned problems with registration? |
Break up bigger or multi-step questions for better results
The example below isn’t necessarily bad, but given the limited context, asking each part separately (e.g. “What are some of the pros of concept A?” followed by “What are some of the cons of concept A?”) will result in a much more detailed answer.| Good Example | Bad Example |
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| What are some of the pros of concept A? | What are the pros and cons of concept A? |
Provide sufficient context
If it isn’t explicit in the transcript, you can help CoLoop by providing a bit of extra context. This is particularly useful for concept testing where people may be loosely referring to “A”, “B” and “C”, for instance.| Good Example | Bad Example |
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| Concepts A, B and C are examples of different advertising options. Which of these did the participants prefer? | What did participants think of the different options? |