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Extreme User Interviews


Category:
Type:
Synonyms:
Extreme Users, Extremes and Mainstreams
People:
1 User(s),   1 Collaborator(s)
Characteristic:

Research      Approach: Intrusive, Purpose: Evaluate desirability, Purpose: Evaluate implementation, Purpose: Explorative, Researcher location: Present, Researcher location: Remote, Time perspective: Present/past, Type of data collected: Qualitative, Unit of analysis: Individual Attitudes, User role: Mindset-dependent, User setting: Setting independent

Date:
March 8, 2015
Summary:
Extreme Users are those at opposite ends of a specified spectrum, chosen because their needs and workarounds are amplified compared to average users. Determine who is an extreme user by considering what behaviors or attitudes you want to understand and then who exhibits those to an extreme, e.g. a...

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