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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  UX Research Surveys |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 3-14 Tage | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 50+ | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | QuantitativeResearchValidation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |
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