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The Goodness of Diary Studies Boon Chew

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My presentation slides at #uxcamplondon. Thanks to everyone who attended.

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The Goodness of Diary Studies

Boon Chew

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Me

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I do web

(thanks, Francis)

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UCLIC

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I work here

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What are Diary Studies?

And, why?

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“... 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

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Less Intrusive

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Quality data

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Flexible

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How to do a Diary Study

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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

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Have a Focus

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Select and Recruit your Participants

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Create a “Fieldwork

Pack”

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Plan and Execute your Interviews

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Look for Patterns and Insights

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Summarize and Make Useful

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And That’s How You Do Diary Studies!

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Final Tips

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< 2 Weeks or < 5 interview hours per participant

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Take really good notes

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And, Always ask WHY

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Q’s?

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Photo Credits

All images licensed under creative commons,by these generous members on Flickr:

GetItWithMe logo © GetItWithMe.com

All other photos were from the author

incurable_hippie . Grufnik . Francis Storrclevercupcakes . ][No Ambition][ . Kristina B

dunechaser . leobard . massdistractionjosstyk . OliYoung . Thomas Hawkonly alice . the|G|™ . Joe Lanmanromanlily . bitzcelt . laurakgibbs

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Thanks!

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