Book description
How well do you really know your users? With properly conducted user research, you can discover what really makes your audience tick. This practical guide will show you, step-by-step, how to gain proper insight about your users so that you can base design decisions on solid evidence. You'll not only learn the different methodologies that you can employ in user research, but also gain insight into important set-up activities, such as recruiting users and equipping your lab, and acquire analysis skills so that you can make the most of the data you've gathered. And finally, you'll learn how to communicate findings and deploy evidence, to boost your design rationale and persuade skeptical colleagues.
- Design your research
- Cost justify user research
- Recruit and incentivise users
- Discover how to run your research sessions
- Analyze your results
- Reporting on results and acting in your findings
Publisher resources
Table of contents
- Researching UX: User Research
- Notice of Rights
- Notice of Liability
- Trademark Notice
- About James Lang
- About Emma Howell
- About SitePoint
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Begin the Project
- Chapter 2: Choose an Approach
- Chapter 3: Finding Participants
- Chapter 4: Writing a Discussion Guide
- Chapter 5: Set Up Your Sessions
- Chapter 6: Running Your Sessions
- Chapter 7: Interviewing
- Chapter 8: Analyzing Your Data
- Chapter 9: Turning Research Into Action
Product information
- Title: Researching UX: User Research
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2017
- Publisher(s): SitePoint
- ISBN: 9780995382633
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