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UX Research Methods
100
This ancient city, believed to have been destroyed and rebuilt multiple times, is most famous for its role in Homer's 'Iliad' as the site of the Trojan War.
Troy
100
Flip the bits and add one
This is the most common method of representing signed integers on computers
Two's Complement
100
These are seed pods that have been inhabited by the larva of a small moth, and are characterized by the larva's attempt to find shade to survive on hot days
Jumping beans
Mexican jumping beans
100
d/dx c=?
0
100
A class of research methods that collect data reflecting users’ actions and behaviors. Unlike attitudinal methods, which are based on “what users say,” these methods are based on “what users do.”
Behavioral Methods
200
This man was the sixth Amorite king of the Old Babylonian Empire and is best remembered for his law of retribution commonly associated with the saying "an eye for an eye"
Hammurabi
200
In computing architectures these are regions of memory where data is added or removed in a last-in-first-out manner.
Stack(s)
200
in 1989 Wally Conron bred this mixture of dogs. Today, he says it's his “life's regret”
Conron: “I opened a Pandora's box and released a Frankenstein's monster.”
Lab Poodle
Labradoodle
Doodle
200
exists
there exists
200
The traditional type of usability testing which involves a facilitator (moderator) and a participant interacting synchronously. The facilitator gives participants tasks to do one at a time and may probe with further questions and clarifications
Moderated Usability Testing
300
This city became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330
Constantinople
300
This 19th-century English mathematician is considered the first computer programmer for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine
Ada Lovelace
Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace
300
Scarlett's mom once had two of these as pets, both named Ricky
Tejon
Coati
Coatimundi
300
log_a(a^r) = ?
r
300
A class of qualitative research methods that involves observing users in their natural habitat. In UX, the term is used as a synonym for “field study.”
Ethnographic Studies
400
This Ancient ruler is considered the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. He is renowned among contemporary scholars because of his habitual policy of respecting peoples' customs and religions in the lands that he conquered.
Cyrus the Great
Cyrus II of Persia
400
This is a computer program that translates computer code written in a source language into a target language. The name is primarily used for programs that translate source code from a high-level programming language to a low-level programming language
A Compiler
400
This pair of male orcas are notable for preying on great white sharks off the coast of South Africa and are on record for once killing 17 in a day.
Port and Starboard
400
This 2-digit prime number is the smallest prime number whose digits are both themselves prime numbers.
23
400
A research method in which one or several users are invited to offer their own solution to a particular design problem. Participants may be provided with some basic building blocks that they could use to create their designs.
Participatory Design
500
This is an Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery, described as the oldest known example of an analogue computer can be used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance
Antikythera mechanism
500
This digital logic gate is equivalent to the logical connective ↔ from mathematical logic and is also known as the material biconditional.
XNOR
Exclusive NOR
500
This is a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan.
The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by L. A. Borradaile, who described it as "the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab"
Carcinisation
500
In number theory, this is a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its positive proper divisors, (excluding the number itself)
Ex: 6 has proper divisors 1, 2 and 3, and 1 + 2 + 3 = 6
A Perfect Number
500
A moderated research method in which a user interacts with an interface that appears to be autonomous but is (fully or partially) controlled by a human. This method is used to test early stages of the design, before investing resources in developing it.
The Wizard of Oz method