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User Research Methods Textbook

A free, self-paced textbook in 7 chapters. Read a chapter, then drill it with the 100 companion flashcards using spaced repetition.

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Chapters

  1. 1Foundations of UX Research

    UX research is the systematic study of target users and their requirements, designed to add realistic contexts and insights to the design process and ensure that products meet real...

  2. 2Qualitative Research Methods

    Qualitative research relies on direct conversations and observations to uncover the motivations, behaviours, and pain points that numbers alone cannot reveal. The most common conve...

  3. 3Quantitative Research and Analytics

    Quantitative methods translate user experience into measurable data. A survey is a structured questionnaire distributed to many users to collect both quantitative and qualitative d...

  4. 4Usability Testing and Experimentation

    Usability testing is a method in which representative users attempt tasks with a product while researchers observe to identify usability problems and measure performance. In modera...

  5. 5Information Architecture and Prototyping

    Information architecture, often abbreviated as IA, is the structural design of shared information environments: organising, labelling, and structuring content so that users can fin...

  6. 6Personas, Journey Maps, and Service Design

    Personas are fictional but data-driven representations of key user segments that summarise demographics, goals, frustrations, behaviours, and context of use. A good persona include...

  7. 7Heuristic Evaluation, UX Principles, and Accessibility

    Expert-led evaluation complements user testing. Heuristic evaluation is an expert review method in which evaluators assess a user interface against a set of established usability p...

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