for questions that specifically ask about academic papers or other scientific research
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Where can a ux designer find data for a user persona or an empathy map when working on a fictional project for their portfolio?
When working on a fictional personal project that will only serve as a portfolio piece (i.e. briefbox projects), how can I find the appropriate data to create user personas? I want to emphasize my ...
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When you start working on a new project for a new business that has no customers, how do you find the people to send your surveys, interviews etc.? [closed]
Where should one start their research in the given situation?
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1answer
74 views
Distorting data on progress bars?
I am currently doing some research on how data is sometimes distorted during visualization on progress bars (showing 70% instead of 50% etc). The research is focused on expanding the thesis of Chris ...
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2answers
95 views
Redesigning h1 headings [closed]
I've been given the task of redesigning the h1 headings on a travel website and have no idea where to start with obtaining some kind of secondary or primary research to get some useful data to drive ...
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0answers
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Impact of tool/app design on user error
I am looking for papers and publications regarding correlation between tool/app/UI design/quality and end-user error.
I had trouble finding any meaningful info regarding this topic - maybe due to EN ...
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0answers
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Design sprints with people not from the field
I'm planning to do a design sprint on an app centered around Non-violent Communication with a group of volunteers not familiar with the concept.
I know there's an "Understanding" stage at the ...
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0answers
93 views
Study concluding that UI is more memorable than UX?
I once came across a study, I even swore the Nielsen Norman group cited it (or perhaps even performed it) but it basically said in a study more people could recall (maybe preferred?) sites that had a ...
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1answer
40 views
Research Project Planning - Time estimates for various research methods and phases
Are there any suggested rough estimates for how long user research methods and phases of research planing, execution, and analysis take?
I'm trying to get better at project management and planning ...
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2answers
80 views
What are the good practices of maintaining feedback from customer support?
In our company we have customer support who deal a lot with users, onboarding, talking, following up and etc. They have a lot of different feedback and insights directly from the users.
What methods ...
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2answers
94 views
What is the effect of asking more specific questions first in a survey or questionnaire on the user?
It seems like conventional wisdom suggests asking more general questions first in a survey or questionnaire to help frame the context of the research to the user (e.g. what is your overall impression ...
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2answers
94 views
A NPS type of metric/score for UX maturity within an organisation
The NPS score, despite it's simplicity, appears to be a very good indicator of people's attitude towards a product or service (at least according to the marketing department). The value of ...
3
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1answer
120 views
How to do brand perception research?
As a user researcher I know how to conduct studies around usability, design, feelings, needs, pains and other topics regarding a specific product.
What I am struggling with is transferring this ...
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0answers
112 views
Measuring the user experience of dApps
Is it a well known fact that dApps are substantially slower and that users reduce their expectation when it comes to response time, and do users also put up with the more complex security and password ...
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3answers
109 views
Persona creation
I'm currently in the process of identifying ‘trading’ personas (still in the assumption phase). People who are actively engaged in the trading industry. I've never actively steered persona creation ...
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0answers
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What are some of the Qualitative metrics [duplicate]
We are trying to understand metrics which will help us measure usability of our site. We are still in the initial design phase. As we have no users we are trying to go with the Qualitative research as ...
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4answers
261 views
How can I get to know my Users? [closed]
More often than not, the person using an application is represented by an icon that’s profoundly vague – monotone and devoid of any expression. This icon could not be further from the truth. The User ...
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0answers
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How To Determine Value of Web Features?
I'm drafting a methodology for assessing web features. This is not a usability assessment, but a set of criteria to help us know whether to keep, cut or revise existing web applications.
The ...
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0answers
36 views
Do people prefer to join groups over customized feed?
Is there any study or experience (personal/professional) related to usage of group versus personalized feed?
Problem statement: I am creating a website where user can communicate on certain criteria, ...
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3answers
1k views
Research about search vs navigation
In 1997, Jakob Nielsen wrote that more than half of the users use search rather than navigation.
Here is an answer from 2012 that says that percent of users using search is between 5% and 30%.
My ...
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0answers
66 views
Asking customers in store vs. at home
I would like to conduct a survey with customers of a retail store after a sales conversation and I am currently thinking about the best approach:
Ask customers to fill out a survey in the store at ...
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1answer
53 views
Have to quantify ux? [duplicate]
I was assigned by the lecturer to conduct a user experience evaluation on an existing website. Then in the question, he asked us how you quantify user experience and heuristic that you will be using ...
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1answer
167 views
UX interview support and call center representatives
I'm working on an existing e commerce fashion website. before jumping into conclusions I thought it would be best to interview call center and customer support representatives.
I know it is a very ...
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1answer
270 views
Concept of research debt in UX design
It seems like the concept of tech debt is very familiar among developers and programmers but when it comes to research we are still struggling to understand how to avoid a similar problem that arises ...
3
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1answer
192 views
Do users expect an 'undo' feature in web applications?
We are designing a web application, which is basically a drawing tool for processes. My hypothesis is that the user would like to be able to Undo an action.
My question is if there is some research ...
3
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0answers
172 views
What processes, workflows or software currently exist to manage, schedule, and compensate UX research participants? [closed]
The question:
What operational systems, methods, softwares, workflows, or personal processes exist for ux researchers to manage, schedule, and compensate their research participants?
Why I ask:
I ...
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2answers
86 views
Taking action on user comments
Let's say your app has a feedback mechanism in which users can leave suggestions and complaints. At what point do you typically take action on users' feedback? Is there a certain number of times a ...
3
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3answers
214 views
When conducting user research/customer surveys, how do financial incentives affect quality and quantity of feedback?
As a customer, I get sent a decent amount of surveys, particularly from larger companies.
A lot of the time they ask for 5 or 10 minutes of my time to fill out feedback. Typically I ignore these as ...
4
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3answers
593 views
Behavioral Research regarding wait time display
I'm going to be making the case to a client and am looking for evidence to my claim. I proposed that when their system is loading or "warming up", it would be better show the wait time as a count-up ...
4
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2answers
921 views
Designing Experimental Webapps and Avoiding Bias
I am designing a webapp for psychological research and my goal is two fold:
Make a user feel as though they can trust this experiment (especially when they look at the consent form). University IRB ...
2
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4answers
202 views
Generative research - methods for finding areas of improvement in an existing app
I'm frankly surprised by the lack of questions on here about generative research. This is the tenth question ever posted here about it.
Regardless, I'm finding myself at an impasse in approaching ...
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2answers
69 views
User Research on 'Data saving' mode
we're thinking of introducing a data saving (lite) mode to our app, after having some feedback from our users.
But as a UX designer I'd like to do some research first and understand the market and ...
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0answers
97 views
Is there any research on usability of established design guidelines vs. custom UI?
I've been having a hard time finding any reputable research or studies discussing whether established design guidelines (i.e. Material Design, iOS guidelines) are easier for people to use than custom ...
3
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3answers
108 views
Research for existing websites [closed]
I am new to the UX research field and I'm looking for insight on how to conduct research on products that already exist, (in this case, websites). My boss is asking me to find out very specific ...
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3answers
192 views
User Experience Definition
I am a PhD student in computer science, writing a paper on Mobile User Experience. I need to cite a definition for UX. I have found numerous web-sites and and videos with various UX definitions.
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2answers
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Minimalistic input = bad usability
I looking for research about minimalistic inputs: underline.
Name: ________________
Mail:_________________
etc.
Not only in forms but also in site ie. transactions screens. I was reading some ...
3
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1answer
84 views
How to model the probability of an item being selected from search results
Say a user is presented with a list of 10 suppliers to choose from. The only information shown is the name of the supplier. The list is sorted by a score that is calculated from various data (volume, ...
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0answers
49 views
Where to find a good respondents for user testing - Czech republic
working as UX designer in the Czech republic, I tried to search some good pool of potential testers. I hoped there could be some agency with some sort of "database" of people interested in user ...
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7answers
506 views
User Research Insights Database
at our company, we are struggling to document all the insights that we gain through user research and make them accessible and easy to find for everyone inside of the company.
The perfect solution ...
2
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2answers
134 views
How do I conduct research on healthcare patients' experiences effectively and ethically?
I'm working on a side project to help improve patients' healthcare outcomes. This is an independent project and I am not affiliated with any organization. I want to learn about people's experiences in ...
4
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1answer
286 views
Is there any research that shows most common punctuation usage for numbers?
Context: I've got an iOS keyboard app that's a numpad. We recently, after a lot of user feedback, added four additional keys: period, comma, space, and return. The day we released that feedback ...
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2answers
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How do you mitigate internal/external validity issues resulting from user assignment difficulties associated with online A/B testing?
It's reasonably safe to say that it's not possible to track a website's users accurately. You can't track users accurately with cookies, because cookies are frequently cleared; you can't be confident ...
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5answers
208 views
Is there a subconscious effect on fonts? [closed]
I struggled sometimes to choose the right font and searched a long time for it but I had the feeling scrolling through Google Fonts made the decision harder and gave me a greater choice of fonts I ...
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7answers
172 views
Best method for measuring the user's understanding of a pilot app?
The company I work for created a new app that collects metrics on the user's driving behavior. We are running a pilot test of the app with internal employees before launching. What would be the best ...
5
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2answers
334 views
Do non-technical users understand radio vs checkbox?
Using a circle for a radio button and a square for a checkbox seems like a de facto standard, but does the average, non-technical user actually understand the functional difference implied by these ...
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1answer
195 views
Studies on interaction design for children 3-5 years old
Has there been much work or study done in the area of interactive design for children of pre-school age? There seems to be a number of apps used in childcare centres that are meant to facilitate ...
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1answer
49 views
How do people prefer to share their arguments on the internet?
Given a website that enables its users to debate on various topics,
how would people prefer to write down and share their own opinion and argument? Would it be beneficial to constrain it like Twitter ...
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3answers
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Female only persona
i'm working on building personas at the moment, and was wondering how to choose gender for persona. According to gAnalytics and Facebook we have 70%, and 80% Female. Does this mean we should ignore ...
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1answer
288 views
interval questions in questionnaire
A question in questionnaire asks age of respondents by giving four options as follows:
below 20
20 to 40
41 to 60
above 61
would it be considered ordinal scale question if yes then why? if these ...
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1answer
397 views
What is the difference between Persuasive Design, Behavioral Design and UX?
Can anyone explain what's the difference (or connection) between Persuasive Design, Behavioral Design and UX? How does the Term "captology" fit into this?
For me it looks as if "Behavioral Design" is ...
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1answer
212 views
Typography in roadmarkings
what kind of letter shapes function best for horizontal signing ?
I was wondering if anybody would know about the
details in road mark typography?
In terms of function of the design itself, I have ...
