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What would I do without you Aona D: You have no idea how much your videos are helping me in preparing for interviews. Just wanted to say I appreciate u

@AonaTalks

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate you too!

This literally helped me so much on deciding which method I should used. Just started learning UX and I was getting overwhelmed by all the methods out there. Thank you!

Aona you are amazing! I just got my first UXR job thanks to your videos and tips! I can't thank you enough!

The mic🎙 is a perfect complement to your concise and clear explanation of things!

Omgosh it is def so cloudy - so glad you understand that! I took so many notes and bought the book. I am contracting at Google and very new to the ux field (coming straight out of my undergrad in 2020). I really like how you give very helpful tips but also validate us to let us know it's okay and everything will take time to get experienced at! Very thankful I found your channel.

Thi ss so clear and helpful. Your UXR content is so much better than a lot of content out there. Thank you!!!!

Thank you Aona. I learn ALOT from you. Thanks a bunch for providing all these for FREE.

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

Aww yay! So glad it is helpful!

Well, this video would have saved me a year in college! Kidding, but your way of explaining this really clicked for me! I realize how much we can gloss over this thinking, especially when rushing. Probably one of my favorite videos ever on UX!

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

awww such kind words 🥰 thank you!

Thank you so so much for making these videos!! I had my first UX interview today and your advice has been so helpful :)

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

Awww so glad to hear!

This channel is underrated, i LOVE your videos !

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Your videos are so high-quality! This is amazing :) Please keep it up!

every video I watch is amazing with content I only hope I can become half as good a UX researcher as you :)

I totally bought that book you mentioned...and I'm SO glad I did... It kind of reminds me of a 'word of the day' calendar... but UXR of the day. Today's UXR method is "Bodystorming". I'm going as far as turning it into a verb. LIke when I come to my team with a new idea, I'm hoping their response is "Did you bodystorm it yet?" LOL It's a funny name for it - but also so useful. SO fun! Stuff like this is why I fell in love with this field. Always a new way to find the answer.

Wow prospective UX researcher here. Very helpful. Thank you so much for putting this stuff out there.

New sub here. Loving the content and what you are doing for the UXR community, Aona. Just wanted to give you a shoutout and thumbs up! I'd love to learn how and examples of mixed-method research are used to tackle particular problems. When are quant and qual methods typically used one after another and when can they be combined to solve either a complex problem or to provide validity?

Hi Aona, I really loved this video and found the framework you laid out super helpful! I would really love to see a part 2 of sorts where you actually show us & talk us through how you would implement this framework for research problem solving by going through 1-2 mock interview questions. That was be so so helpful for me and others like me currently prepping for UXR interviews :)

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea!!

@uddipanabaishya6321

3 жыл бұрын

+100 :D

@uddipanabaishya6321

3 жыл бұрын

@@AonaTalks Will be looking forward to that video very very eagerly :)

Subscribed as soon as I watched first video

Love that you didn't come from an HCI program or have a PhD in psychology. I've been wondering how many UXRs there were in the world that like me, doesn't have a straight path to UXR. Kudos to you and everything you do. I watch your videos as a current researcher for good exercise. It's nice to come back to the basics through someone else's eyes in this way at times.

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

A LOT of us don’t - so no worries :) and thank you!

@osoperezoso2608

3 жыл бұрын

@@AonaTalks Oh really? Maybe it's just who I come across. Most people I meet have some sort of PhD in some related field like Anthro or Psych. That's good to hear.

this is a great video. The breakdown is so useful and easily accessible. Good work!

Thanks for all your effort to put these together, Aona! Super helpful information for UXRs, particularly ones who are just entering the field. In the future if you could explain the process of utilizing these methods through some simple case studies that would be great. Thanks again.

Hey Aona. New sub here. Just wanted to mention how much I appreciate the info and production value you're putting forth. I'm currently wrapping up my MS HCI degree later this fall, and individuals like yourself who I've come across, that are sharp and great communicators, make me excited to get out there and join the industry in the near future. Cheers!

Hi Aona, your videos are really helpful. I was curious to ask a question regarding the mindmap you explained at 5:20. Would you be able to showcase or comment here, how you categorized all the different research methods under the 3 sections: Qual vs Quant / Stages: Generative, Iterative, Evaluative / Attitudinal vs Behavioral. I'd like to compare what I have to yours to see if I got it right Thank you, it's much appreciated!!

thank you for this video! i am just starting to learn more about ux research and ux in general and this video was really helpful.

Love this video and cheers on you taking this seriously; coz you are doing a great job~

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

Aww thanks!!☺️

Thanks for the video, very interesting indeed

Thanks Aona! It's really simple and helpful. I like what I just learned from you. I'm subscribing to you!

This is great! I'd love to see more examples of UXR technical interview "questions"/whiteboard challenges! 😄

Thank you for this! This is something I've been trying to understand. You broke it down really well. ❤️❤️

Enjoying your content!! Really like the way you explain everything and love the integration of illustrations! Agreed with the book!! It's one of my top recommendations and one I fall back to frequently as well.

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

🙌🙌

I am super grateful and excited about your content. So useful and inspiring, especially for us going through the often demoralizing job hunt. Thanks so much for all of it

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lizet! New video on UXR interview tips is coming out this Thursday ;) Make sure to check it out!

Lov'n ur channel by the minute!

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

thank you!!

Loveeee this video! Gotta start practicing the framework :)

This video is fantastic.

very insightful and concise!

Great video as usual :) Late to the party but one thought to perhaps add regarding Stage 1: it's possible that the method(s) to use to address a research question may need to be mixed, utilising both qual and quant.

This is so good and helpful! Thank you!

This video is super helpful! I agree that the book doesn't go very deep and I get stuck on how to use the methods. I would love to know how you overcome the lack of depth and learn how to use the methods? Also, I would love it if you could do a video on how to generate and break down questions based off of the designs/problems you're solving for. Sometimes I hit writer's block and I run out of ideas. Not sure if there's an easier framework/process to do this.

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

I dont think there's really a framework or quick formula to do this - UXR is a mindset that's cultivated through many tries and day to day thinking after all. Most UXRs will say if you do this frequently enough, it will become second nature. Mock interviews and working on a project with other always help!

thank you so much for your explanation, I learned a lot!!!

Thanks so much for this Aona! Great vid. You’ve inspired me first thing in the morning. I don’t want to wait anymore for the right project at work to learn new methods. I want to run a couple side projects now in my free time to learn them. I subscribed for more inspiration :)

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

Yay good luck!! What methods are you looking to learn/try? Just curious :)

@CorigamiC

3 жыл бұрын

@@AonaTalks Not sure yet. I’m going to look at NN, and also my copy of universal methods of design and identify the areas where my method selection can used to be beefed up.

@CorigamiC

3 жыл бұрын

And thank you :)

I read this book! ☺️

Really enjoying your content! What book would you recommend that does detail how to conduct methods? A must-have research book list would be a nice video idea. Thank you!

@AonaTalks

2 жыл бұрын

See book list is in the description box :)

Really great video!

Thanks a lot for your video. Very useful. I want to share some feedback on it. How are the second and third question different? "Why was it designed?" and "What was the motivation?". When you provide the question with the metadata, I still do not see answers to these questions "What was the motivation and what problem it solves?", and "How did it start (history of design)?" You mentioned making a mind map of the research methods. I can imagine that the process of listing and putting the UX research methods based on the framework you mentioned can also be done efficiently using an Airtable! Then we can more efficiently pick a method using the filter feature. I wonder if you have already built a sheet like that that you can generously share? If not, I am planning to start making one from the universal methods book. Happy to share mine. Let me know! I agree with you in terms of the book not going into details of the methods. Did you come across any other such methods books that do the job of going into details better? Again, thanks a lot for your videos and keep up the great work! You are putting so much efforts and providing all these so damn useful information. I would love to help you in any way I can. Let me know anytime :)

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there thanks for all the great questions!! Here are my takes: 1) The example I gave is just, an example for demoing purpose only. So it did not fully cover the answers to all of the questions I listed. The questions I listed there are also not exhaustive, and depending on projects, you might not need answers to every single one of those questions to come up with a research method - the goal is to get enough context you need to make a decision. 2) Motivation vs. Why was it designed: yea they are quite similar! I see motivation as something more high level than the direct reason for design/execution. Again, the point is not to have a distinct answer to all these questions. The goal is for you to understand enough context around a problem. 3) The Airtable idea is amazing!!! I don't have one but I would be more than happy to share the resource out if you like to take a stab at it first :)

I finally subscribe. I am going to Grad School for cognitive psychology: user experience, me want design funny websites :

This was VERY helpful, Aona. Thank you very much. If in the job interviews, they ask us "Pick a favourite app. Tell us how you’d evaluate it?", do you think we should use Heuristic Evaluation OR we should explain how we design a UX research to find the pain points? Many thanks!

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there!! You could always ask the interviewer what’s the goal of the evaluation and determine how you want to approach it. Both ways could work

Great video Aona! I was wondering if you can provide more information on what collaboration looks like as well as how to develop leadership skills as a new researcher. Also I'd love to know what is the best approach to justify research findings especially if they're 'bad news'. Thanks!

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

Wow these are great meaty questions - not sure KZread comment is a good forum to type out my answers (it will become an essay here). Would you mind me including them in my next videos or my Livestream here on KZread? I’ll take a note of this.

@archisaa

3 жыл бұрын

@@AonaTalks sure thing, sounds good :)

Loveeeeee Loveeeee it !

Aona,thank you so much. You saved my life!

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

Wahhh that's a huge complment. Thank you for being so kind! :)

You really inspire me to make content on uiux and I am also a selftaught designer and you really boost my confidence

Hey Aona., Could you please answer those questions you mentioned " UXR BASIC KNOWLEDGE CHECKLIST ", it will be a great help for me as a newbie. 🤗

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

I answered that in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6J42MWDfcarpco.html Check out Part 2 from timestamp!

Hi, My research method is just casually get into the lives of the target users : how I do that is watch 'day in life of a user' on youtube , listen to podcasts, Google about it, interview them, casually see what's going on in the market. So, what research method do I formally term it as? Thanks

Hi Aona, I was asked the exact question in my google interview recently. We have 3 designs for an app store page and the main difference is the CTA button and the visual treatment. We want to find which design will lead to more engagement (downloads). I told I would show the designs in random order for a short duration and ask them which one they prefer followed by asking why to understand their decision making and what in particular appealed or stood out to them. Is this a right approach?

@FirstnameLastname-uo9mw

10 ай бұрын

If CTA is the only difference between the designs, perhaps we may do an A/B test for a period of time and see which design got the highest downloads. Anyone with a different view? Let’s discuss.

What’s the salary of a UX researcher?

why didnt you mirror yourself recording this? the book you are showing to us is flipped lol

@AonaTalks

2 жыл бұрын

I always mirror myself because I believe i look better when flipped 😂 Sowwy

You, yourself were not helpful at all. Keep in mind not only experts come to your videos...also people who wants to learn does, so if you approach it like "oh you should already know if you're here"... that's very cocky of you. Only thanks for the links and the book you shared, other than that....

Hi Aona, all your videos are very informative and precise, I am curious to know which software you using to edit your videos.

@AonaTalks

Жыл бұрын

final cut pro!

Hi, My research method is just casually get into the lives of the target users : how I do that is watch 'day in life of a user' on youtube , listen to podcasts, Google about it, interview them, casually see what's going on in the market. So, what research method do I formally term it as? Thanks

@AonaTalks

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm....I'd call it secondary research or if I am feeling creative, "people watching on youtube" lol