OMB Individually Reported

Using Text Summarization for Open-Ended Survey Responses

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Description

Analyzing open-ended survey responses is very time intensive. This project seeks to reduce the time that analysis takes.

Detailed example

The AI will output a summary of all the open-ended responses. This summary will capture all the main themes and important details of the open-ended responses.

AI / analytics pattern

Generative AI: AI that generates new or synthetic content (e.g., images, videos, audio, text, code).

Automation level / stage

a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.

Expected benefit

Open-ended survey responses can capture more nuanced information than closed response questions. Using AI to summarize these responses will enable Small Business/Self-Employed (SB/SE) Research to better leverage open-ended responses to provide our customers with more nuanced information.

Audit / financial statement impact

The output is not presumed to be high-impact and is not used as the principal basis for significant decisions/actions

Controls / human review

ATO: Not reported; PIA: Not published