Fresh Views: August 2024 Edition
User Interviews
We make it fast, easy, and affordable to recruit participants ?? for user research. ????
Hello and welcome to our monthly version of Fresh Views, coming at you directly from our digital pied-à-terre on LinkedIn! In case you missed our weekly emails, this is the place to catch up on all things UX research.
And now that we're afforded all of this glorious newsletter real estate, you'll get a few extra sprinkles of data, insights, and a lot of the other good stuff you all like so much (don't worry, we won't overdo it).
Thanks as always for reading!
Nick
Content & Community @ User Interviews
So without further ado...
The Fresh List ??
SPECIAL FEATURES
The UX Research Methods Selection Tool ??
“It’s the process of UX research that matters, not the beauty of the final artifact.” – David Travis, Managing Director of Userfocus in Think Like a UX Researcher
As the quote above implies, that also makes how you get started all the more important. For people who do research, a critical yet challenging part of the process is selecting the right method.
That's why we just rolled out a new UX Research Methods Selection Tool. Answer a few questions and see more than 30 possible outcomes based on factors like:
VIRTUAL EVENTS
The UX Hotline is Open ??
Join us for our new virtual series, ?UX Hotline? , as we tap UX experts to unpack some of our community’s most engaging topics with you in the conversation.
For our inaugural episode on Sept. 5, we’ve lined up Preeti Talwai, Staff AI UX Research Lead at Google, and Ifeoma Okah, UX Researcher at IBM, to answer your questions about AI and UXR.
ON THE BLOG
The ReOps Hiring Guide ??
So you're ready to add a Research Operations role? Congrats!
In order to make sure you have the right person for the job, it's important to know exactly what you're looking for.
Nick Lioudis put together a comprehensive ReOps hiring guide and free template to help.
DATA
Measuring Method Comfort Levels ??
Since we're on the topic of research methods, here's a chart from our recent State of User Research report on just that. We asked how respondents would rate their comfort levels and confidence when it comes to the most common research methods.
Interviews and usability testing led the way in comfort levels, while the data suggested that accessibility testing and eye tracking inspired less confidence.
Check out our new-and-improved UX Field Guide for a deeper dive into research methods and more.
REPORTS
The Participant Recruitment Platform Buyer's Guide ??
How do you know if a participant recruitment platform is right for your team?
This guide from our in-house expert Ben Wiedmaier will help you get to that answer. It provides a breakdown of features and functionality to evaluate, and questions to help you choose.
Read the guide in full (template included!) on the UI blog.
FOMO
In Case You Missed It...??
We've been keeping busy this summer. Here's a few things you might have missed in recent weeks:
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