First Is Good (07-02-12)
Designers ask others to respond to sets of options regularly, for example, for selections from design options or when answering survey or interview questions.
Designers ask others to respond to sets of options regularly, for example, for selections from design options or when answering survey or interview questions.
Bagchi and Davis have completed research on how the manner in which options are presented influences choices made, which complements existing work in the field.
Designers collecting information before beginning to plan projects, particularly workplace ones, often ask the people who will use a space about their work – and all designers need to effectively plan their own schedules.
The Research as Design Resource Packet, produced by individuals associated with the Design School at Stanford, is a useful reference for methodologically curious designers.
Previous research has shown that the way that questions are asked influences the responses received and that gestures convey information.
Tomico and his colleagues introduce the design public to the repertory grid research technique in this peer-reviewed, free access article.
When people are asked to select the “best” object, which one are they most likely to choose, the first one or the last one presented or one in the middle of the set?
Oral histories for places can be highly reliable and accurate.
Sometimes thinking too much before making a decision is a bad idea.
In an interesting set of experiments, Mishra has shown that people believe that object attributes are contagious.