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Model-response experiments vs survey and DOE tools

Qualtrics supports randomized human surveys, while JMP offers Design of Experiments (DOE) methods. AIScholar connects discrete model conditions to OpenRouter trials.

What survey and DOE tools do well

Qualtrics supports questionnaire workflows, randomized survey flows, and research with human respondents. See its Randomizer documentation. These capabilities are relevant when people are the participants; AIScholar does not replace consent, recruitment, or human-survey workflows.

JMP offers broad design-of-experiments capabilities, including factorial and fractional factorial designs, diagnostics, and design optimization. Its DOE knowledge portal describes the methods. It can be a better fit for specialized DOE, power, aliasing, or optimization work.

Overlap and the model-response workflow

  • Shared design vocabulary

    Factors, levels, conditions, randomization, and outcomes are useful concepts across human surveys, DOE, and model-response studies.

  • Different experimental subject

    AIScholar binds supported discrete conditions to text prompts and single-turn calls to OpenRouter-served models; model responses are not human participants or independent people.

  • Different breadth of methods

    AIScholar offers an integrated workflow for supported model trials, while JMP provides broader DOE methods and Qualtrics provides mature survey and questionnaire workflows.

  • Use both when the question calls for it

    A study might use Qualtrics for human responses and AIScholar for model responses, or JMP for design exploration and another workflow for model execution. Each dataset retains its own sampling and provenance.

Limits and ethics

AIScholar's subject calls are inference-only, single-turn, and text-only through OpenRouter; it is not a substitute for arbitrary DOE optimization, survey deployment, human recruitment, or analysis beyond its supported methods. Imported data do not retroactively gain randomized assignment or complete provenance.

See a model-response design in the prompt-sensitivity walkthrough or read about the social-science workflow; see the feature overview and scope guidance.

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