From the course: UX Foundations: Research

Unlock the full course today

Join today to access over 23,100 courses taught by industry experts.

Gathering and mining data

Gathering and mining data

- Congratulations! You finished conducting your research. Whew, sometimes that feels like the biggest hurdle. But now you need to figure out what to do with all the information you've collected. You need to tie all of the individual pieces of data together to create meaningful, actionable insights. It's the onus of the user experience researcher to not just report back facts but also synthesize data into information the team can use. The way that you analyze and synthesize data depends on the methodology, the type of data you collected, and your overall context. When it comes to analysis, the core difference in analysis approach is often whether you have quantitative or qualitative data. Regardless of the type, the first thing you need to do after finishing a study is to gather and organize all the data. You need to make sure you look at the full scope of data before you make any conclusions. If you've done something…

Contents