Questions tagged [research]
for questions that specifically ask about academic papers or other scientific research
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Literature Survey for Version Management
As part of an industry project, I was looking for a literature survey on the User Experience of products where versions are provided for the main entity. For example:
Google Docs automates/hides the ...
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Has eye-tracking for UX ever been validated as a research method?
This article: Eyetracking: Is It Worth It? :: UXmatters, reminded of just how much nonsense is abundant in the UX research field. I realized that I had been taking eye-tracking for granted as an ...
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Information Architecture for complex sites - how to sitemap?
I have a question about a more complex information architecture. A website with a lot of content and over 1000 pages is being redesigned.
My task is to create a sitemap. The aim is to remove duplicate ...
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Text resizing in iOS and Android apps
Doing a bit of benchmarking, looking for applications that are well responsive when Text resizing (accessibility).
Does anyone know any good examples of applications that look good when text resizing?
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Any advice on which UX research methods to use?
I'm relatively new to the field of UX, and just took on my first real-world project. I am helping an organization redesign their current website. As I create a research plan, I want to make sure I am ...
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UX work in Scrum during sprints [closed]
maybe we can share some experience here.
I am thinking about, how UX Designers can work in Scrum during the sprints. I have so many questions.
As a UX designer, I want to develop user stories with ...
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Academic journals for publishing usability research?
In most scientific disciplines, research is published in academic journals, undergoing scrutiny based on quality criteria such as peer review, standardized presentation structure, etc. However, when ...
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Explain difference, and timeline of Pilot test vs Beta test?
Hopefully this question works here... During a meeting, we realized our team didn't have consensus on what a pilot test was vs what a beta test was - or when it occurs, and who it's with. Some online ...
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Is there a known reason why Google favors paid content over free?
This is something I've always wondered about. Maybe I'm too old and got stuck in Berner Lee's Internet dream, but it truly shocks me that between a free and a paid version of the same content, Google ...
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How can we measure meaning in both our organization and competition?
This question is about Meaningful UX or the Meaning Model. It's not about meaning in the sense of dialectics and semiotics. For those who don't know, please see http://nathan.com/making-meaning/
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Is it necessary to include the individuals interviewed during the empathy and ideation stages in your usability study?
Before you head right into the research study, you are required to gather information of your target audience through the use of interviews. The participants of your initial research during these ...
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Google flights mobile app feedback/research [closed]
I created a mock-up mobile app for Google flights for a UX design project. Does anyone have any pain points when it comes to mobile flight search whether on:
Google
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interview users best practices
I'm aware that I can't mention specific software brands or platforms, or even discuss software bugs, so I'm going to try to frame my question from a methodological perspective.
I used a well-known ...
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differences between Insights, problems and goals
I'm still a bit confused about the distinction between problems and insights. From what I understand, insights are discoveries or conclusions drawn from user analysis during the discovery phase. ...
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Brainstorming alone
In the ideate phase of my case study, I'm facing a challenge during the brainstorming part because I'm working alone. I would like to know if there is a method suitable for solo ideation. If so, which ...
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How to test unwillingness to perform an action
Let's say that it's crystal-clear what the user needs to do next and we don't need to test whether or not the user is struggling with finding the action to perform.
Rather, they're seeing the action, ...
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UX Research for more than one target group
I'm new to UI and UX Design and need some guide. I'm currently working on a project with a focus on two target groups. I want to know how to conclude on design goals, research questions, problem ...
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UEQ and sample size
for a client, we have already set up a survey measuring the UEQ. We are now wondering how many people we need each month to obtain reliable results that are stable over time and are not overly ...
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What are good research methods to discover why people don’t stick in a product and learn how to improve engagement?
I have a question in respect to how to improve user engagement and stickiness with a product:
Context: Our product is one of the pages inside a website. We installed Hotjar and google analytics in our ...
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What is the accessibility of design tools? Any research or analysis of whether they meet accessibility guidelines?
There is a lot of focus on accessibility and inclusive design in websites and mobile phone apps, but the topic of accessibility shouldn't just be limited to the users.
However, I am sure that there ...
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Are there known patterns to visualise the ageing of digital content
TLDR: Are there people who have worked on "ageing of pages" which will be replaced/removed in X months. Is there existing research on this topic we can use, or known issues we should learn ...
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Confusion with Empathy Maps
I am starting in UX and I am little bit confused (already) about "Empathy Maps". I read this kind of article that explains the concept.
How come can you know what a customer or user - for ...
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Competitive audit
I am trying to conduct a competitive audit for a project I am working on.
I would like to find competitors for a bus seat reservation app, but the country where the app will be shipped doesn't have ...
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How to find out why a website is performing badly on Android phones?
We have an ecommerce website that constantly performs worse in Android web browsers. Click-through rate, conversion, are all significantly lower than iOS device browsers.
How would one start to check ...
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Exploratory user research: how to do it and exploit it efficiently?
Really need your advice and thoughts here.
I'm working on user / market research for a mobile self-help app which helps users self-diagnose their mental wellness and seek external help if they need.
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How to properly test hierarchy and order of the toolbar?
We are improving our toolbar in our web app. We are planning a tree test or similar to test the tools out.
A bit stuck on how to properly test the hierarchy and order of it. Any available methods or ...
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Design Researcher or UX researcher?
I noticed in linkedin last week that many people are referring themselves as "Design researchers" instead of "UX researchers".
I was researching and reading articles to see if ...
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What do you call your company's initiative to get feedback from end users?
IBM has its 'Sponsor User Program' and I've heard terms like 'Voice of the Customer' used before, but is there a standard term for this type of initiative?
I'm not asking how such a program works. I ...
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Building my UX Portfolio - Where to find Users to Interview?
I have been interested about a career in UX/UI for a long time and even had a chat with some working UX professionals about their jobs previously. It really sounds like the way to go for me.
So ...
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UX Research during pandemic [closed]
This is more of a curious question for UX researchers that has been in my mind lately: how are you handling UX research during the pandemic? Because there are some in-person studies like observation ...
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Card sorting: Use labels, or examples?
When running a card sorting exercise, would one receive better feedback by asking participants to group cards showing similar labels, or similar examples? I'm seeing both recommended. When using ...
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How many participants for a survey when you don't know the total population?
I have been using a sample size calculator to know how many participants I should have to have a sample and results that are representative for my total population. But what if we don't know the total ...
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I've heard of tagging insights, but what do you think of tagging questions?
My team is kicking off a new project and we're still in the discovery phase. We haven't talked to users yet, so we have a lot of questions. I work with learning scientists and research scientists as ...
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How much should user research results be filtered for hostile stakeholders?
I've worked in organizations where there is ostensibly an appetite for user feedback, but bad news isn't taken well. Some examples of reactions:
"There's nothing we can do about that problem, ...
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What are some examples of UX engineering heuristics?
Noting that UX engineering is a fairly expansive term, I'll contextualize this to UX engineering as it relates to component prototyping and development, UI architecture, and maintenance.
What kind of ...
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How to analyse results for an open ended question?
I asked an open-ended question in a survey about one of our app's features (That is somewhat similar to its search feature) to find out why users would use this instead of search. I've got a large ...
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How to benchmark others' apps without expensive purchases
In order to improve our airline travel booking app's notification experience, I'm conducting a benchmarking study where I hope to look at the various notifications at different points of the user ...
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How best to conduct user research on existing textual documents?
My team and I are designing an online service that hosts learning material in the form of articles with various sections that take maybe 10 minutes to read.
While we can't change the content, we can ...
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Services for recruiting Japanese research participants
I've been asking everyone in my network, done Google searches, and checked StackExchange but still haven't found good answers.
I'm running a research study where I need to recruit 90 participants from ...
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What is a Problem Statement?
Can someone help me clarify what are the Problem Statements and Hypothesis Statements in UX Research?
Do you need to provide a single statement per project or multiple? What are the differences from ...
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Focus group for international non-native English speakers
I'm planning and moderating a series of remote focus groups with people around the world whose native language is not English. Their English speaking abilities will vary. I'm looking for advice ...
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How to measure where your site/app ranks in Anderson's UX pyramid?
How could one measure how your website or app scores on Anderson's UX pyramid?
My goal would be to get a clear view of the current status per site/app upon how well are we doing and what could be ...
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How to conduct a design / UX workshop with an in-house team?
I'm looking for ideas for conducting a quick, valuable design workshop (max a few hours). Only people who are involved in building the related digital product will participate (including me, also part ...
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Age group for UX related research
I have a survey which is related to UX and I want to get user demography data from the survey. But I have not much idea about what are the age groups need to consider. In different places, it shows ...
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UX research after functional requirements
I'm working as a UX Specialist and need to plan/build the processes involving UX. Perhaps any tips on the following:
If functional requirements are already determined and project costs are estimated ...
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Are there any benefits to a forum/Q&A website to find out feedback and features of a website?
I am in the process of designing and developing a website for my local community. I am using tools such as surveys and interviews, but wondered if there is a technique that would involve users posting ...
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Are there alternative methods to reducing screen addiction that have been successful?
I was reading an article about the ways that children are getting around Apple's Screen Time to continue feeding their screen addiction habits. It seems to indicate that trying to make apps engaging/...
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How can I phrase questions to user tests to not give away the solution?
For a site project I'm designing, I want to make sure people know where to find what they need so names of main sections must be clear. I want to test with a couple users, as many as I can perhaps. ...
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Do you know any research regarding so-called "scroll arrow" used for vertical scrolling?
Currently, I started to be concerned about the "scroll arrow" within the interface. The scroll arrow indicates that the first visible section it's not all and it's more content to scroll. I ...
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How can I conduct user research on a product that already exists?
I am working on a school project as my team's UX researcher. Our product has already been designed, prototyped, and launched, without having conducted any research.
The team wants me to create ...
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