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Survey

What?

A survey is a research method used to collect data from a population or specific group of individuals to collect information about their opinions, preferences, behaviors etc...

When?

Surveys are often used before making decisions, Conducting surveys allows to collect data that help you to make informed choices.

How?



Clearly define the purpose of your survey and the specific information you want to gather.

Determine the target audience who will be participating in your survey. Ensure that your questions are relevant.

Ask clear and concise questions that align with your survey's objective. Include a mix of closed-ended (multiple-choice) and open-ended (text-based) questions.

Organize the questions logically and group related ones together for clarity.

Keep it brief and ensure anonymity.

Evaluate the survey with a small group, make necessary adjustments, and then launch it to your target audience.

Collect and analyze the data.

Keywords

Probe

Input

Personnal

Immersion

User

Research

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Documentation

This tool was experienced in our project 'Blue Button' while on the research phase. we made a google forms survey to understand people's opinions and behaviours around togetherness.

We also tried to look if there were any significant correlation between the answers and the demographic characteristics of the participants, after analysing the data that we got through the software Jamovi.

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Best practices

When using this tool, make sure to satisfy the checkboxes below. You can find more details about each box in the bottom.

The setting

Before to start working on the cultural probes, prepare the right setting. You are about to go through an exercice that will stimulate your brain in different ways! Are you ready for this? You need a space that is stimulating for your creativity and your focus. Ideally, a space that lets you move freely and provides the right tools for each step. Be sure to be in a calm and relaxed mindset. Put the scope of research and the topic of research in front of you.

The objective

When ideating the probes, you need to ask, for each probe: what is the objective from this probe? For example the objective could be: getting to know the environment where the respondent does a specific activity, or getting to know at what time of the day the respondant is most likely to feel a certain way, or the most relevant object when it comes to a specific topic. Each probe should have an objective, an information we're trying to get a grip on, or a path to explore.

Define the scope

For each probe, you are free to define the scope, depending on your project and your research. It can be specific, or it can be broad, or both. At the early stage of the research, usually we are exploring around a topic and we ask broader questions. Keep in mind that the more specific the question, the easier it will be to analyse the data and detect relevant patterns within the respondees.

The user journey

When you prepare the cultural probes, think about the steps that the respondant will take through time. What to do, when to do it, and how? The ergonomy is a crucial part in this experience that will engage the respondant in his daily life. In order to keep the commitment, you have to guide your user through easy steps, that are realisticly feasible, and of course, don't forget to provide the right tools for them to participate (example : pencils to write, cameras to take pictures, qr codes to upload files, etc...)'

The organisation

When crafting this set, you will go about different steps that require different resources. The ideation needs ideation tools