User+Study

User study provide designers with critical data that will help the designer to create the product that will meet the user expectations. Designer have to know what consumers want and what better way to obtain the data then to ask the consumer themselve. The user study require the designer to conduct a research plan which includes user study goals, research procedure, big questions that need to answer, rational for methods (interviews, observation, and personal experiences), and ethical issues. When the data is collected, the designer will analyisis the data to see what areas that requires improvements and what areas to keep.
 * __USER STUDY__**

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 * User study goals** (from assignment 3 outline)
 * what is the goal you trying to accomplish?
 * why is it important?


 * Research Procedure**
 * what kind of method would you use to gather the neccessary information from the audiences


 * Big questions that needs to be answers**
 * What are the major questions that you want to solve?


 * Rational for methods**
 * Methold you intend to use to gathering data

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 * Ethical Issues**
 * what are some ethical issues that you must consider, for example disable people.


 * Methods:**
 * interview:
 * structured - set of questions, broad, lead to wide a response (not only yes/no), limited
 * unstructured - no prior set of questions, create questions as interview progresses, dynamic, flexible, observation
 * over the phone, instant messaging, email
 * survey: online vs paper, distribution, sample size, correlation
 * survey group: focus group, size, selection
 * observation:
 * ethnography - a naturalistic research method in which the observer obtains detailed information from personal observation or interviews over extended periods of time. For example, observing people's behaviors and actions at a grocery store in relation to the shopping cart


 * Issues**
 * anonymity, privacy, security, protecting names/IDs
 * respect subjects and understand their right to refuse
 * generalizability, validity, reliability
 * ethical
 * are the questions potentially offensive to any parties?


 * References**
 * Jones, Mike. "Assignment 3." __CCIT333 Assignment 3__. Sheridan. 7 Dec. 2006 