From the course: UX Foundations: Research
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Finding and screening participants
From the course: UX Foundations: Research
Finding and screening participants
- Now that we know how many participants we need, how do we find the right people? Research participants are meant to represent your user. While you might want your design to be easy enough to be used by any person, the whole point of user experience is to craft what you build for specific people who have particular sets of knowledge, experiences, and outlooks. If you don't include those particular folks in your research, you might still get some generic feedback but miss the nuances that will make your products stand out for your user base. Think back to the personas and the key attributes that distinguish each one. With the expense tracking app example, you might have some users who are frequent business travelers who always want to upload their numerous receipts on the go, but there may also be office workers who only purchase software for the company and find it easiest to set aside one time each month to process…
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