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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Growth Funnel Analysis |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | DecisionTreeOptions | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |