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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Growth Hooked Model |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |  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. | The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. | 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 | Multiple workshops over several weeks | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | GrowthBehaviorRetention | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |