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Research Design

Better understand how to craft a hypothesis, choose methods, timelines, budgets, determine participant counts and more.
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May 24, 2024

Writing Effective Screener Questions

This article offers advice on crafting effective screener questions for user research studies.
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Daria Krasovskaya
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January 26, 2024

Open-Ended vs. Closed-Ended Questions

How you ask questions impacts what and how much you can discover. Learn how question techniques unlock deeper and richer insights.
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Maria Rosala
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March 6, 2022

Six Mistakes When Crafting Interview Questions

How you ask questions in a user interview impacts the reliability and utility of the data you collect.
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Maria Rosala
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Conduct

Learn to execute research methods successfully.
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October 16, 2023

The 2023 UX Research Tools Map

Discover the best software for UX research recruiting, usability testing, surveys, analysis, AI, and more—updated for 2023
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Katryna Balboni
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June 14, 2023

Inspiration on How to Use AI as a Creator

Want to simplify complex data analysis and time-consuming tasks? There’s an AI tool for that. Here are 20+ AI tools for UX.
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Rachell Lee
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January 27, 2023

Become Familiar with Quant Basics

Enhance your quantitative research abilities without feeling overwhelmed with these basic guidelines as a starting point.
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Saeideh Bakhshi
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On the Radar
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Analysis

Learn approaches, frameworks and technologies to synthesize data.
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April 30, 2019

Think Like a Bad Actor and Build Safer Products

This article argues that software designers need to consider the potential negative consequences of their designs.
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Stephanie Lucas
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October 29, 2017

Interpreting Eyetracking Results

Repeatedly scanning the same content can indicate confusion or engagement. Often, it happens because users’ expectations are not met.
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Kara Pernice
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September 17, 2017

Overcoming Cognitive Bias in User Research

User researchers can be misled by their own biases. The article lists many biases and how to avoid them.
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Adam Kiryk
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Deliverables

Advice on experience mapping, research reports, user stories, presentation templates and stakeholder deliverables.
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July 13, 2024

Using Midjourney to Illustrate UX Task Scenarios

Learn how to use Midjourney to enhance UX presentations with AI image creation service Midjourney.
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Guy Schackman
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April 1, 2024

An Introduction to User Journey Maps

Learn how to build a user journey map (with free templates) in this step-by-step guide. Download slides & get started mapping your user journeys.
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Stephanie Walter
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October 27, 2023

How Generative AI is Helping UX Researchers

This research shares how generative-AI bots can support you by acting as a content editor, ideation partner, and design assistant.
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Feifei Liu, Mingjin Zhang and Raluca Budiu
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Leadership

Learn how to create influence and motivate your peers, teams and organization.
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January 31, 2024

User Research and Its Inevitable Evolution

UX research is changing: automation & collaboration are rising, but core skills stay important. Researchers need to adapt.
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Dave Hora
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September 19, 2023

Why "Strategic" Research Needs a Redefinition

This author argues that the 'strategic' vs 'tactical' UX research split is misleading. Both research type and scale are needed for impactful research.
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Carl Pearson, PhD
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September 13, 2023

UX Angst of 2023-24

UX is evolving. AI brings a UX boom, not doom. Get ready for an awesome decade in UX research.
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Jakob Nielsen
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Storytelling

Examples of how to tell your story and the impact of your work.
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January 22, 2024

The Fundamentals of Creating a Strong Research Portfolio

UXR portfolio magic. Craft yours with these 6 must-have ingredients.
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Eniola Abioye
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January 18, 2023

The Ultimate Guide to Building a UX Research Portfolio

Craft a researcher portfolio that gets noticed! Dive into this article's actionable tips and examples to showcase your skills.
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Tímea Falmann, Ákos Izsák
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January 13, 2022

6 Ways to Convey the Significance of User Research

User insights lead to better decisions. Here's how to convince leadership: understand their goals, speak their language, find UX tools & show value.
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Sofya Savkina
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