The Goodness Of Diary Studies

The Goodness of Diary Studies

Boon Chew

Me

I do web

(thanks, Francis)

UCLIC

I work here

What are Diary Studies?

And, why?

“... the diary study... is intended for use in the workplace, but... yields data that are more objective and more generalizable than many workplace-oriented methods.” (Rieman, 1993)

A method for studying people in their own environments

Less Intrusive

Quality data

Flexible

How to do a Diary Study

How It (Usually) Works

1. Meet Participant

2. Inform P What to Do

3. Interview P at Daily(ish) Intervals

4. Conclude When there’s Enough Data

5. Rinse and Repeat with Other Ps

Have a Focus

Select and Recruit your Participants

Create a “Fieldwork

Pack”

Plan and Execute your Interviews

Look for Patterns and Insights

Summarize and Make Useful

And That’s How You Do Diary Studies!

Final Tips

< 2 Weeks or < 5 interview hours per participant

Take really good notes

And, Always ask WHY

Q’s?

Photo Credits

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