Retrieval Augmented Generation For Longitudinal Research
The Power of NLP and Generative AI in Longitudinal Data Analysis
Longitudinal research is a type of study that involves collecting and analyzing data over an extended period to understand changes and patterns over time. This approach is widely used in various fields, including social sciences, marketing, and healthcare, to gain a deeper understanding of how variables and factors evolve over time.
Traditionally, longitudinal research involved labor-intensive processes such as manual data collection and analysis, making it a time-consuming and expensive endeavor. However, with the advancements in natural language processing (NLP) and generative artificial intelligence (AI), researchers now have a powerful tool at their disposal – retrieval augmented generation (RAG) – to simplify and enhance the analysis of longitudinal data.
In this blog post, we will explore the concept of RAG and its benefits for longitudinal research, highlighting its potential to revolutionize data analysis and decision-making for researchers, marketers, and organizations.
The Definition of Retrieval Augmented Generation
Retrieval augmented generation (RAG) is a state-of-the-art approach in natural language processing that combines the power of large language models and retrieval-based methods to generate text responses based on a given prompt or query. This technique has gained popularity in recent years, especially in the field of conversational AI, for its ability to produce human-like responses and handle complex language tasks.
In the context of longitudinal research, RAG can be used to analyze and generate insights from large volumes of longitudinal data quickly and accurately. By leveraging large language models, RAG can understand the context and nuances of language, making it a valuable tool for analyzing complex longitudinal data.
The Benefits of Using RAG in Longitudinal Research
As a researcher, marketer, or organization conducting longitudinal research, the benefits of using RAG are numerous. Let’s take a look at some of the most significant advantages of this approach:
1. Time and Cost Savings
One of the most significant challenges of longitudinal research is the time and cost involved in collecting and analyzing data over extended periods. With RAG, researchers can automate the data collection and analysis process, significantly reducing the time and resources required for this type of study. This allows for more frequent and comprehensive analysis, leading to a deeper understanding of changes and patterns over time.
2. Enhanced Accuracy and Reliability
RAG utilizes large language models trained on vast amounts of data, making it a highly accurate and reliable tool for analyzing longitudinal data. This approach can handle complex language tasks and understand the context and nuances of language, ensuring that the generated insights are precise and trustworthy.
3. Deeper Insights and Understanding
Longitudinal research aims to identify patterns and trends over an extended period. With RAG, researchers can analyze data in real-time, allowing for a more comprehensive and dynamic understanding of changes and developments. This can lead to more insightful and actionable conclusions, benefiting not only researchers but also marketers and organizations looking to make data-driven decisions.
4. Improved Data Visualization
RAG’s ability to generate human-like responses can also be leveraged to visualize data in a more user-friendly and understandable format. By transforming data into natural language, RAG can create charts, graphs, and other visualizations that are easy to interpret and share, making it an invaluable tool for presenting longitudinal data to a wider audience.
The Future of Longitudinal Research with RAG
The integration of NLP and generative AI through RAG has the potential to revolutionize the way we conduct longitudinal research. With its ability to automate data collection and analysis, provide accurate and reliable insights, and enhance data visualization, RAG can significantly enhance the value of this approach for researchers, marketers, and organizations.
As NLP and generative AI continue to advance, we can expect RAG to become an essential tool in longitudinal research, enabling us to gain deeper insights and understanding of how variables and factors evolve over time. So, if you are conducting longitudinal research, it’s time to explore the power of RAG and take your data analysis to the next level.
In conclusion, retrieval augmented generation is a game-changing approach for longitudinal research, offering numerous benefits such as time and cost savings, enhanced accuracy and reliability, deeper insights and understanding, and improved data visualization. As we continue to embrace technological advancements, RAG has the potential to transform the way we analyze and understand longitudinal data, making it an essential tool for researchers, marketers, and organizations.
How To Use Speak’s Retrieval Augmented Generation For Longitudinal Research
Step 1: Create Your Speak Account
To start your transcription and analysis, you first need to create a Speak account. No worries, this is super easy to do!
Get a 14-day trial with 30 minutes of free audio and video transcription and analysis included when you sign up for Speak.
To sign up for Speak and start using Speak Magic Prompts with retrieval augmented generation, just visit the Speak app register page here.
Step 2: Upload Your Longitudinal Research
We typically recommend MP4s for video or MP3s for audio.
However, we accept a range of audio, video and text file types.
You can upload your file for transcription in several ways using Speak:
Accepted Audio File Types
- MP3
- M4A
- WAV
- OGG
- WEBM
- M4P
Accepted Video File Types
- MP4
- M4V
- WMV
- AVI
- MOV
- FLV
Accepted Text File Types
- TXT
- Word Doc
CSV Imports
You can also upload CSVs of text files or audio and video files. You can learn more about CSV uploads and download Speak-compatible CSVs here.
With the CSVs, you can upload anything from dozens of YouTube videos to thousands of Longitudinal Research files.
Publicly Available URLs
You can also upload media to Speak through a publicly available URL.
As long as the file type extension is available at the end of the URL you will have no problem importing your recording for automatic transcription and analysis.
YouTube URLs
Speak is compatible with YouTube videos. All you have to do is copy the URL of the YouTube video (for example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKfcLcHeivc).
Speak will automatically find the file, calculate the length, and import the video.
If using YouTube videos, please make sure you use the full link and not the shortened YouTube snippet. Additionally, make sure you remove the channel name from the URL.
Speak Integrations
As mentioned, Speak also contains a range of integrations for Zoom, Zapier, Vimeo and more that will help you automatically transcribe your media.
This library of integrations continues to grow! Have a request? Feel encouraged to send us a message.
Step 3: Calculate and Pay the Total Automatically
Once you have your file(s) ready and load it into Speak, it will automatically calculate the total cost (you get 30 minutes of audio and video free in the 14-day trial – take advantage of it!).
If you are uploading text data into Speak, you do not currently have to pay any cost. Only the Speak Magic Prompts analysis would create a fee which will be detailed below.
Once you go over your 30 minutes or need to use Speak Magic Prompts, you can pay by subscribing to a personalized plan using our real-time calculator.
You can also add a balance or pay for uploads and analysis without a plan using your credit card.
Step 4: Wait for Speak to Analyze Your Longitudinal Research
If you are uploading audio and video, our automated transcription software will prepare your transcript quickly. Once completed, you will get an email notification that your transcript is complete.
That email will contain a link back to the file so you can access the interactive media player with the transcript, analysis, and export formats ready for you.
If you are importing CSVs or uploading text files Speak will generally analyze the information much more quickly.
Speak will automatically embed your data in a well-architected vector database which allows you to use retrieval augmented generation for Longitudinal Research.
Step 5: Visit Your File Or Folder
Speak is capable of analyzing both individual files and entire folders of data.
When you are viewing any individual file in Speak, all you have to do is click on the “Prompts” button.
If you want to analyze many files, all you have to do is add the files you want to analyze into a folder within Speak.
You can do that by adding new files into Speak or you can organize your current files into your desired folder with the software’s easy editing functionality.
Step 6: Select Speak Magic Prompts To Analyze Your Longitudinal Research
What Are Magic Prompts?
Speak Magic Prompts leverage innovation in artificial intelligence models often referred to as “generative AI”.
These models have analyzed huge amounts of data from across the internet to gain an understanding of language.
With that understanding, these “large language models” are capable of performing mind-bending tasks!
With Speak Magic Prompts, you can now perform those tasks on the audio, video and text data in your Speak account.
Retrieval augmented generation is what makes these Magic Prompts work so well.
Step 7: Select or Create Your Assistant Type
To help you get better results from Speak Magic Prompts, Speak has introduced “Assistant Type”.
These assistant types pre-set and provide context to the prompt engine for more concise, meaningful outputs based on your needs.
To begin, we have included:
- General
- Researcher
- Marketer
- Sales
- Recruiter
Choose the most relevant assistant type from the dropdown.
You can also create your own custom Assistant Template Type.
If you visit the new page Account Preferences, you can see there is now an area where you can create your own custom Assistant.
This allows you to set the context of the engine for higher quality and more consistent outputs.
For example, you could say:
“We are [COMPANY NAME]. We are analyzing [DATA] to understand how to improve [GOAL]. We want all responses to be concise and in table format.”.
This becomes a reusable template in any of your manual or automated Magic Prompts.
You can create multiple templates for different use cases.
As an example, the analysis you run on a focus group may be different than a one-on-one interview.
Step 8: Create Or Select Your Desired Prompt
Here are some examples prompts that you can apply to any file right now:
- Create a SWOT Analysis
- Give me the top action items
- Create a bullet point list summary
- Tell me the key issues that were left unresolved
- Tell me what questions were asked
A modal will pop up so you can use the suggested prompts we shared above to instantly and magically get your answers.
If you have your own prompts you want to create, select “Custom Prompt” from the dropdown and another text box will open where you can ask anything you want of your data!
Step 9: Review & Share Responses
Speak will generate a concise response for you in a text box below the prompt selection dropdown. With Chat enabled, you can also continue to query that data to reveal more insights and reformat the information to your needs.
In this example, we ask to analyze all the Longitudinal Research in the folder at once for the top product dissatisfiers.
You can easily copy that response for your presentations, content, emails, team members and more!
Speak Magic Prompts Pricing
Our team at Speak Ai continues to optimize the pricing for Magic Prompts and Speak as a whole.
Right now, anyone in the 14-day trial of Speak gets 100,000 characters included in their account.
If you need more characters, you can easily include Speak Magic Prompts in your plan when you create a subscription.
You can also upgrade the number of characters in your account if you already have a subscription.
Both options are available on the subscription page.
Alternatively, you can use Speak Magic Prompts by adding a balance to your account. The balance will be used as you analyze characters.
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