Create an AI moderated study

Once you've created a Dscout project, you can create a new AI moderated study. You can either create a new study from scratch or duplicate an existing study and modify it.

Tip: Already conducted a moderated interview study? You can scale it to hear from even more participants with an AI moderated study. Turn the questions you already asked yourself into an unmoderated study. For more information, see Scale an interview study with AI moderator.

Create a new AI moderated study

If you want to create a new study from scratch—or if you're building one for the first time—you'll do so from within your Dscout project.

To create a new AI moderated study:

Click Create study in the top-right corner of your project. The Create something new modal is displayed.

Under AI moderator, click Create.

Select a recruitment approach. Then, click Continue. For more information, see Recruitment options in an AI moderated study.

If auto-recruiting, select a target country. Then, click Continue.

Enter a study title. Then, click Create study.

Note: This title will be visible to participants, so choose one that is representative of the study but doesn't give away your research objectives. To add a private title, click Add an internal study name.

Now, your new study opens in the builder. Here, you can customize its settings on the Overview tab, add screener questions on the Screener tab (if auto-recruiting), and build your study questions on the AI moderator tab. If you need help building, here are a few resources to get you started:

Duplicate an AI moderated study

If you have an existing AI moderated study you want to use as a starting point for a new study, you can duplicate it. There are two ways to duplicate a study: either by first locating the study itself or by searching for it from the Create something new modal.

To duplicate an AI moderated study within a project:

Find the study you want to duplicate. Click the Options icon in the top-right corner of the study tile.

Select Duplicate.

Select one of the following options:

Duplicate and modify study setup: Copies the study's questions but allows you to modify the recruitment approach.
Duplicate: Copies the study exactly as-is, including the recruitment approach.

If modifying study setup, refer to the steps above.

To duplicate an AI moderated study from the Create something new modal:

Click Create study in the top-right corner of your project. The Create something new modal is displayed.

Under AI moderator, click Create.

Select Duplicate an existing study. A list of studies across your Dscout projects is displayed.

Search for the AI moderated study you want to duplicate and select it.

Select one of the following options:

Duplicate and modify study setup: Copies the study's questions but allows you to modify the recruitment approach.
Duplicate: Copies the study exactly as-is, including the recruitment approach.

If modifying study setup, refer to the steps above.

Now, your study has been duplicated. You can give it a new name in the top-left corner, adjust your questions on the Screener or AI moderator tabs, or launch it to start gathering insights.