User Research with Kids: How to Effectively Conduct Research with Participants Aged 3-16

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T. V. SnitkerUser Research with Kidshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7071-4_2

2. How (Not) to Ruin Perfectly Good Research in 18 Steps

Thomas Visby Snitker¹  

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Nordhavn, Denmark

 

The greatest teacher, failure is.

—Yoda, Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi¹

Now we will dive head first into the key areas of potential bias – systematic distortion – in user research with children. I present them in the order that they would occur chronologically in a given project as a chain and then group them into 18 steps. To be a master researcher one must understand and accept these biases and the failures they introduce in research with children.

When something suddenly ...