Chapter . Tips and Tricks Summary

Planning Your Recruiting Needs

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The Cardinal Rule for Recruiting

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1.

Know thy users.

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Developing Recruiting Criteria

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Learning About the Users

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2.

Budget some time to meet early on with stakeholders.

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3.

Make a list in advance of the topics and questions that you want to cover with stakeholders.

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Understand the study goals.

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Interview the system team.

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Get a demonstration of the system.

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Talk to current users.

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Find out about the legacy or manual system.

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Talk to the marketing group.

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10.

Find out about competitive or similar systems.

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Ask as many questions as you need to.

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Deciding How Many Participants to Recruit

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For your study results to produce statistical significance, ...

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