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What diary studies can tell us about human behaviour
                                                       July 2011
Qualitative research
We strive to understand not only what people do, but why they do it
Commercial qualitative research
Discover customer needs, and how products & services fit into a person’s life
M-pesa
Combining technology with cultural context
Commercial reality
We need faster, cheaper methods to obtain the same data
Limitations & weaknesses
Data quality is affected by cognitive bias
Diary studies
Because you can’t always be there...
Benefits of diary studies
Develop a rich understanding of context and environment
Benefits of diary studies
Gain insight into intermittent or difficult to observe situations
Benefits of diary studies
It can be run remotely
Benefits of diary studies
Combine qualitative and quantitative data
Benefits of diary studies
Flexible methodology suits a range of projects
Types of diary study
Real-time feedback or “experience sampling”
Types of diary study
Elicitation
How we collect the data
Structured
How we collect the data
Semi-structured
How we collect the data
Unstructured
They can be simple
Paper diaries
Or complex
Digital camera, voice recorder, paper diary, stickers, cards, pages of notes...
Improving diaries with technology
It doesn’t need to be just paper
Photographs
A picture tells a thousand words
Social media
Multiple channels of communication
Analysis
Making sense of the data
I grabbed some brochures from First Choice
    today. I had a few minutes to spare at
    lunchtime, and the shop was only down the
    road from my office.

    I spent an hour or so looking over them
    tonight with a coffee. I’ll get a few ideas
    before I speak to Joe, he’s not interested until
    I narrow it down a bit.




Example data
I grabbed some brochures from First Choice
      today. I had a few minutes to spare at
      lunchtime, and the shop was only down the
      road from my office.

      I spent an hour or so looking over them
      tonight with a coffee. I’ll get a few ideas
      before I speak to Joe, he’s not interested until
      I narrow it down a bit.




Critical instances
I grabbed some brochures from First Choice
    today. I had a few minutes to spare at
    lunchtime, and the shop was only down the
    road from my office.                  Visiting the shop


    I spent an hour or so looking over them
    tonight with a coffee. I’ll get a few ideas
    before I speak to Joe, he’s not interested until
    I narrow it down a bit.




Open coding
I grabbed some brochures from First Choice
    today. I had a few minutes to spare at
    lunchtime, and the shop was only down the
    road from my office.
                                 Fitting into my day

    I spent an hour or so looking over them
    tonight with a coffee. I’ll get a few ideas
    before I speak to Joe, he’s not interested until
    I narrow it down a bit.




Open coding
I grabbed some brochures from First Choice
     today. I had a few minutes to spare at
     lunchtime, and the shop was only down the
     road from my office.

     I spent an hour or so looking over them
     tonight with a coffee. I’ll get a few ideas
     before I speak to Joe, he’s not interested until
     I narrow it down a bit.




Axial coding
Selective coding
Persona 1
  Scenario 1: Get inspired


  Whilst out doing her Christmas shopping, Helen walks past her local travel agent and decides
  to drop in to get some brochures. She always takes a family holiday during the school sumer
  holidays, and she likes to plan - and book - early.


  She’s always been to Spain in the past, but friends keep recommending Turkey, so she picks
  up some brochures for both countries.


  At home later that evening, she starts to skim through the brochures over a coffee. At this
  point she just likes to have a glance through the photographs, to get an idea of what areas
  are worth looking at in more detail.


  She knows the prices aren’t completely accurate, but she uses them to make sure she
  doesn’t waste time looking at places that are out of her price range. When she finds a hotel
  that she’s interested in, she notices that there’s a web link advertised on the page offering
  more detail.


  She opens her laptop and visits the link from the brochure. This takes her straight to a page
  with more detail on the same hotel. This one particularly appeals now because it shows her
  photographs of other families with children playing around the pool and, in others, families
  enjoying the evening entertainment. She can browse through a massive range of
  photographs too - showing everything from the inside of each type of room, to the pool, bar
  and restaurants.


  She can see some indicative prices on the same page too, including prices for families like
  hers - 2 adults and 2 children. It’s not necessarily the dates she wants to travel, but it gives
  her an idea what it might cost. There’s a calendar too so that she can get the right prices for
  when she might really want to travel. She’ll definitely take a look at that another time, but not
  right now - she’s just getting ideas at this stage.




Selective coding
Persona 1
  Scenario 1: Get inspired


  Whilst out doing her Christmas shopping, Helen walks past her local travel agent and decides
  to drop in to get some brochures. She always takes a family holiday during the school sumer
  holidays, and she likes to plan - and book - early.


  She’s always been to Spain in the past, but friends keep recommending Turkey, so she picks
  up some brochures for both countries.


  At home later that evening, she starts to skim through the brochures over a coffee. At this
  point she just likes to have a glance through the photographs, to get an idea of what areas
  are worth looking at in more detail.


  She knows the prices aren’t completely accurate, but she uses them to make sure she
  doesn’t waste time looking at places that are out of her price range. When she finds a hotel
  that she’s interested in, she notices that there’s a web link advertised on the page offering
  more detail.        Persona 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Browser
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                http://www.google.co.uk             3.) Unit page - Price
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Browser
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        http://www.google.co.uk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      5.) Itinerary
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                      Looking for holiday ideas                                                                                                                                                                                    Thomson                                                                                                                                                                                  Thomson

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    From what she's read so far, Helen                                                                                                                                                Helen notices that there's an extra
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Unit page                                        likes the look of this holiday, but is it                                                                                               Itinerary
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      page that allows her put together her
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    really in her price range if she can only                                                                                                                                         own itinerary of events and activities.
  She opens her laptop and visits the Visits the Thomson website after reading a brochure her straight to a page
                                    1.) link from the brochure. This takes
                                            Browser
                                  http://www.google.co.uk


                          Thomson
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    travel in the summer holidays?                                                                                                                                                    That's really useful for her because it
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      starts to bring the holiday to life a bit
  with more detail on the same hotel. This one particularly appeals now because it shows her
                          Package holidays
                                    Helen visits the site to see more information on the
                                                     this is a hand
                                                     writing font it looks
                                                     nice this is a hand                                                                                                                                                           this is a hand writing font it looks nice this   She can see an option straight away                                                                                                                                               more.
                                                                             holidays she's seen in the brochures. When she gets to
                            Find a holiday           writing font it looks                                                                                                                                                         is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                     nice this is a hand                                                                                                                                                           hand writing font it looks nice
                                                     writing font it looks                                                                                                                                                         this is a hand writing font it looks nice this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    that will allow her to see how much it
                                                                             the site, the first thing she's looking for is a place to type
  photographs of other families with in the codes she's picked out from the brochures. pool and, in others, families
                                      children playing around the
                                                     nice                                                                                                                                                                          is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   hand writing font it looks nice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   this is a hand writing font it looks nice this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    would cost, using the dates that suit                                                                                                                                             She can get an idea of how much it
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   hand writing font it looks nice

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    her. This will save her wasting time                                                                                                                                              would cost over the course of the

  enjoying the evening entertainment. She can browse through a massive range of                                                                                                                                                                                                     looking at holidays out of her price                                                                                                                                              week too, which is really handy for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    range.                                                                                                                                                                            budgeting.

  photographs too - showing everything from the inside of each type of room, to the pool, bar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 4.) Unit page - Activities
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Browser
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             http://www.google.co.uk


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   6.) Next option
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Browser



  and restaurants.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               http://www.google.co.uk
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Thomson

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 One of the key things Helen needs to                                                                                             Thomson
                                                                                                                                                                                              2.) Thomson unit page
                                                                                                                                                                       Browser

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Now that she has the key facts about
                                                                                                                                                          http://www.google.co.uk


                                                                                                                                             Thomson
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Unit page                                        know is how child-friendly this holiday
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 would be. Not only facilities like a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Unit page                                        this holiday, Helen wants to check out
                                                                                                                                                                                              After typing in the code, Helen is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 swimming pool or creche, but are                                                                                                                                                  the next option on her list. So she
                                                                                                                                             Unit page                                        shown a page about the holiday.
  She can see some indicative prices on the same page too, including prices for families like                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    there things for the kids to do? It's                                                                                                                                             saves this one in her shortlist and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 difficult to keep them entertained if                                                                                                                                              moves on.
                                                                                                                                                                                              She can see a range of photographs                                                                                                this is a hand writing font it looks nice this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a



  hers - 2 adults and 2 children. It’s not necessarily the dates she wants to travel, but it gives and crucially for her, she
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                hand writing font it looks nice

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 there aren't events or activities in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  this is a hand writing font it looks nice this

                                                                                              and video,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                this is a hand writing font it looks nice this                                                                                                                                    is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a                                                                                                                                    hand writing font it looks nice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                hand writing font it looks nice

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 resort.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  this is a hand writing font it looks nice this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   The first thing she notices on the next
                                                                                                                                                                                              can see information on what she can
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                this is a hand writing font it looks nice this                                                                                                                                    is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                             this is a hand writing font it looks nice this                                                                                                                                     is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a                                                                                                                                    hand writing font it looks nice
                                                                                                                                             is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a                                                                                                                                     hand writing font it looks nice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  this is a hand writing font it looks nice this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   holiday is that it's remembered her
  her an idea what it might cost. There’s a calendar too so that she can get the right pricesthere with the kids, and what
                                                                                           do for
                                                                                                                                             hand writing font it looks nice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                             this is a hand writing font it looks nice this                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       hand writing font it looks nice

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   details, and given her a price
                                                                                                                                             is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                             hand writing font it looks nice
                                                                                                                                             this is a hand writing font it looks nice this
                                                                                                                                                                                              facilities they have.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   automatically - great!
                                                                                                                                             is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                             hand writing font it looks nice



  when she might really want to travel. She’ll definitely take a look at that another time, but not
  right now - she’s just getting ideas at this stage.




Selective coding
Persona 1
  Scenario 1: Get inspired
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Helen Tate
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           41 years old, married, with 2 daughters aged 12 and 16
  Whilst out doing her Christmas shopping, Helen walks past her local travel agent and decides
  to drop in to get some brochures. She always takes a family holiday during the school sumer
  holidays, and she likes to plan - and book - early.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              “The most important things for me are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   that it’s got to be cheap and have hot
  She’s always been to Spain in the past, but friends keep recommending Turkey, so she picks                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       weather, with plenty to keep the kids
  up some brochures for both countries.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            occupied. Other than that it doesn’t really
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   matter”
  At home later that evening, she starts to skim through the brochures over a coffee. At this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Explorer
  point she just likes to have a glance through the photographs, to get an idea of what areas
  are worth looking at in more detail.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Advice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              seeker                                                                        Deal finder
  She knows the prices aren’t completely accurate, but she uses them to make sure she
  doesn’t waste time looking at places that are out of her price range. When she finds a hotel
  that she’s interested in, she notices that there’s a web link advertised on the page offering                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Experience Goals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Get the reassurance I need to feel confident in my choices
  more detail.        Persona 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Browser
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                http://www.google.co.uk             3.) Unit page - Price
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Browser
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        http://www.google.co.uk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      5.) Itinerary
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                      Looking for holiday ideas                                                                                                                                                                                    Thomson                                                                                                                                                                                  Thomson

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    From what she's read so far, Helen                                                                                                                                                Helen notices that there's an extra                                                          Itinerary                                         Independent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Unit page                                        likes the look of this holiday, but is it
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    really in her price range if she can only
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Holiday Goals    Itinerary
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      page that allows her put together her
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      own itinerary of events and activities.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   planner                                           traveller
  She opens her laptop and visits the Visits the Thomson website after reading a brochure her straight to a page
                                    1.) link from the brochure. This takes
                                            Browser
                                  http://www.google.co.uk


                          Thomson
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    travel in the summer holidays?                                                                                                                                                    That's really useful for her because it
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           I want good value for money
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      starts to bring the holiday to life a bit
  with more detail on the same hotel. This one particularly appeals now because it shows her
                          Package holidays
                                    Helen visits the site to see more information on the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Narrative
                                                     this is a hand
                                                     writing font it looks
                                                     nice this is a hand                                                                                                                                                           this is a hand writing font it looks nice this   She can see an option straight away                                                                                    It’s more important to get a reliable holiday than an exciting holiday
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     more.
                                                                             holidays she's seen in the brochures. When she gets to
                            Find a holiday           writing font it looks                                                                                                                                                         is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                     nice this is a hand                                                                                                                                                           hand writing font it looks nice
                                                     writing font it looks                                                                                                                                                         this is a hand writing font it looks nice this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    that will allow her to see how much it
                                                                             the site, the first thing she's looking for is a place to type
  photographs of other families with in the codes she's picked out from the brochures. pool and, in others, families
                                      children playing around the
                                                     nice                                                                                                                                                                          is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   hand writing font it looks nice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   this is a hand writing font it looks nice this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    would cost, using the dates that suit                                                                                                                                             She can get an idea of how much it
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   hand writing font it looks nice                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     We’re always focussed on getting value for money, as well as having
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    her. This will save her wasting time
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Holiday Criteria                                           would cost over the course of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       a good holiday obviously! I don't mind going back to places I've
  enjoying the evening entertainment. She can browse through a massive range of                                                                                                                                                                                                     looking at holidays out of her price                                                                                                                                              week too, which is really handy for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       visited before, as long as we can be pretty sure it's got good weather
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    range.                                                                                                                                                                            budgeting.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1.) Good weather                                                                                            and plenty to entertain the kids. This is our only holiday of the year
  photographs too - showing everything from the inside of each type of room, to the pool, bar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          so I can't afford to take the risk of getting it wrong.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 4.) Unit page - Activities Cheap holiday
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         2.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Browser
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             http://www.google.co.uk


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           6.) Next option
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Browser



  and restaurants.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               http://www.google.co.uk
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Thomson

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 One of the key things Helen Evening
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.) needs to        entertainment                                                                             We’re not big on foreign food or seeing all the sights anyway, we just
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Thomson
                                                                                                                                                                                              2.) Thomson unit page
                                                                                                                                                                       Browser

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Now that she has the key facts about
                                                                                                                                                          http://www.google.co.uk


                                                                                                                                             Thomson
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Unit page                                        know is how child-friendly this holiday
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         4.) Activities     and entertainment for children                                                            want to have a good time, so constantly going to new places doesn’t
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 would be. Not only facilities like a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Unit page                     this holiday, Helen wants to check out
                                                                                                                                                                                              After typing in the code, Helen is                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      particularly appeal to me anyway.
                                                                                                                                             Unit page                                        shown a page about the holiday.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       5.) Clean
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 swimming pool or creche, but are        hotel facilities                                                                                                       the next option on her list. So she

  She can see some indicative prices on the same page too, including prices for families like                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    there things for the kids to do? It's                                                                                                                                                         saves this one in her shortlist and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       I usually start planning our summer holiday a long way in advance.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 difficult to keep them entertained if                                                                                                                             moves on.
                                                                                                                                                                                              She can see a range of photographs                                                                                                this is a hand writing font it looks nice this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Even though we can only go in the school summer holidays, I’ll still
  hers - 2 adults and 2 children. It’s not necessarily the dates she wants to travel, but it gives and crucially for her, she
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                hand writing font it looks nice

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 there aren't events or activities in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  this is a hand writing font it looks nice this

                                                                                              and video,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Research & booking touchpoints
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                this is a hand writing font it looks nice this                                                                                                                                    is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a                                                                                                                                    hand writing font it looks nice

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       get some brochures around Christmas, so thaton the next time to get
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The first thing she notices we have
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                hand writing font it looks nice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  this is a hand writing font it looks nice this

                                                                                                                                             this is a hand writing font it looks nice this   can see information on what she can
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                this is a hand writing font it looks nice this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 resort.                                                                                                                          is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  hand writing font it looks nice


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the best deal for the summer. It givesit's remembered her look forward
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  holiday is that us something to
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  this is a hand writing font it looks nice this


  her an idea what it might cost. There’s a calendar too so that she can get the right pricesthere with the kids, and what
                                                                                           do for
                                                                                                                                             hand writing font it looks nice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                             this is a hand writing font it looks nice this                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       hand writing font it looks nice

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Scans brochures for ideas                                                                                                              details, and given her a price
                                                                                                                                             is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       to as well.
                                                                                                                                             hand writing font it looks nice
                                                                                                                                             this is a hand writing font it looks nice this
                                                                                                                                                                                              facilities they have.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               automatically - great!
                                                                                                                                             is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a
                                                                                                                                             hand writing font it looks nice



  when she might really want to travel. She’ll definitely take a look at that another time, but not                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Looks online for more in-depth research
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       We usually go to Spain but some friends have mentioned Turkey a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Calls travel agent to check prices
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       few times, so I’ve picked up a couple of brochures about it. Looks
  right now - she’s just getting ideas at this stage.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Books through Travel agent or online                                                                        really nice, and apparently you’re guaranteed hot, sunny weather.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       We generally book online but I try to call the travel agent first. You
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           What can TUI do for her?                                                                                    never know if they can offer you a better deal, so it’s worth checking.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Provide price information well in advance                                                                   For me holidays are all about getting away and relaxing, but when
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Allow her to check and compare weather at different destinations                                            you have kids then you can’t relax unless they’re having a good time,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       so that becomes the focus of your holiday. To be fair though, it’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Provide information on what entertainment is available for her childnre                                     really nice for Dave and I when we see the girls are enjoying
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       themselves too so we don’t really mind.




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Diary studies for UX

  • 1. Musicians, birdwatchers & speech therapists What diary studies can tell us about human behaviour July 2011
  • 2. Qualitative research We strive to understand not only what people do, but why they do it
  • 3. Commercial qualitative research Discover customer needs, and how products & services fit into a person’s life
  • 5. Commercial reality We need faster, cheaper methods to obtain the same data
  • 6. Limitations & weaknesses Data quality is affected by cognitive bias
  • 7. Diary studies Because you can’t always be there...
  • 8. Benefits of diary studies Develop a rich understanding of context and environment
  • 9. Benefits of diary studies Gain insight into intermittent or difficult to observe situations
  • 10. Benefits of diary studies It can be run remotely
  • 11. Benefits of diary studies Combine qualitative and quantitative data
  • 12. Benefits of diary studies Flexible methodology suits a range of projects
  • 13. Types of diary study Real-time feedback or “experience sampling”
  • 14. Types of diary study Elicitation
  • 15. How we collect the data Structured
  • 16. How we collect the data Semi-structured
  • 17. How we collect the data Unstructured
  • 18. They can be simple Paper diaries
  • 19. Or complex Digital camera, voice recorder, paper diary, stickers, cards, pages of notes...
  • 20. Improving diaries with technology It doesn’t need to be just paper
  • 21. Photographs A picture tells a thousand words
  • 22. Social media Multiple channels of communication
  • 24. I grabbed some brochures from First Choice today. I had a few minutes to spare at lunchtime, and the shop was only down the road from my office. I spent an hour or so looking over them tonight with a coffee. I’ll get a few ideas before I speak to Joe, he’s not interested until I narrow it down a bit. Example data
  • 25. I grabbed some brochures from First Choice today. I had a few minutes to spare at lunchtime, and the shop was only down the road from my office. I spent an hour or so looking over them tonight with a coffee. I’ll get a few ideas before I speak to Joe, he’s not interested until I narrow it down a bit. Critical instances
  • 26. I grabbed some brochures from First Choice today. I had a few minutes to spare at lunchtime, and the shop was only down the road from my office. Visiting the shop I spent an hour or so looking over them tonight with a coffee. I’ll get a few ideas before I speak to Joe, he’s not interested until I narrow it down a bit. Open coding
  • 27. I grabbed some brochures from First Choice today. I had a few minutes to spare at lunchtime, and the shop was only down the road from my office. Fitting into my day I spent an hour or so looking over them tonight with a coffee. I’ll get a few ideas before I speak to Joe, he’s not interested until I narrow it down a bit. Open coding
  • 28. I grabbed some brochures from First Choice today. I had a few minutes to spare at lunchtime, and the shop was only down the road from my office. I spent an hour or so looking over them tonight with a coffee. I’ll get a few ideas before I speak to Joe, he’s not interested until I narrow it down a bit. Axial coding
  • 30. Persona 1 Scenario 1: Get inspired Whilst out doing her Christmas shopping, Helen walks past her local travel agent and decides to drop in to get some brochures. She always takes a family holiday during the school sumer holidays, and she likes to plan - and book - early. She’s always been to Spain in the past, but friends keep recommending Turkey, so she picks up some brochures for both countries. At home later that evening, she starts to skim through the brochures over a coffee. At this point she just likes to have a glance through the photographs, to get an idea of what areas are worth looking at in more detail. She knows the prices aren’t completely accurate, but she uses them to make sure she doesn’t waste time looking at places that are out of her price range. When she finds a hotel that she’s interested in, she notices that there’s a web link advertised on the page offering more detail. She opens her laptop and visits the link from the brochure. This takes her straight to a page with more detail on the same hotel. This one particularly appeals now because it shows her photographs of other families with children playing around the pool and, in others, families enjoying the evening entertainment. She can browse through a massive range of photographs too - showing everything from the inside of each type of room, to the pool, bar and restaurants. She can see some indicative prices on the same page too, including prices for families like hers - 2 adults and 2 children. It’s not necessarily the dates she wants to travel, but it gives her an idea what it might cost. There’s a calendar too so that she can get the right prices for when she might really want to travel. She’ll definitely take a look at that another time, but not right now - she’s just getting ideas at this stage. Selective coding
  • 31. Persona 1 Scenario 1: Get inspired Whilst out doing her Christmas shopping, Helen walks past her local travel agent and decides to drop in to get some brochures. She always takes a family holiday during the school sumer holidays, and she likes to plan - and book - early. She’s always been to Spain in the past, but friends keep recommending Turkey, so she picks up some brochures for both countries. At home later that evening, she starts to skim through the brochures over a coffee. At this point she just likes to have a glance through the photographs, to get an idea of what areas are worth looking at in more detail. She knows the prices aren’t completely accurate, but she uses them to make sure she doesn’t waste time looking at places that are out of her price range. When she finds a hotel that she’s interested in, she notices that there’s a web link advertised on the page offering more detail. Persona 1 Browser http://www.google.co.uk 3.) Unit page - Price Browser http://www.google.co.uk S e a r c 5.) Itinerary h Looking for holiday ideas Thomson Thomson From what she's read so far, Helen Helen notices that there's an extra Unit page likes the look of this holiday, but is it Itinerary page that allows her put together her really in her price range if she can only own itinerary of events and activities. She opens her laptop and visits the Visits the Thomson website after reading a brochure her straight to a page 1.) link from the brochure. This takes Browser http://www.google.co.uk Thomson travel in the summer holidays? That's really useful for her because it starts to bring the holiday to life a bit with more detail on the same hotel. This one particularly appeals now because it shows her Package holidays Helen visits the site to see more information on the this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand this is a hand writing font it looks nice this She can see an option straight away more. holidays she's seen in the brochures. When she gets to Find a holiday writing font it looks is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a nice this is a hand hand writing font it looks nice writing font it looks this is a hand writing font it looks nice this that will allow her to see how much it the site, the first thing she's looking for is a place to type photographs of other families with in the codes she's picked out from the brochures. pool and, in others, families children playing around the nice is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a would cost, using the dates that suit She can get an idea of how much it hand writing font it looks nice her. This will save her wasting time would cost over the course of the enjoying the evening entertainment. She can browse through a massive range of looking at holidays out of her price week too, which is really handy for range. budgeting. photographs too - showing everything from the inside of each type of room, to the pool, bar 4.) Unit page - Activities Browser http://www.google.co.uk 6.) Next option Browser and restaurants. http://www.google.co.uk Thomson One of the key things Helen needs to Thomson 2.) Thomson unit page Browser Now that she has the key facts about http://www.google.co.uk Thomson Unit page know is how child-friendly this holiday would be. Not only facilities like a Unit page this holiday, Helen wants to check out After typing in the code, Helen is swimming pool or creche, but are the next option on her list. So she Unit page shown a page about the holiday. She can see some indicative prices on the same page too, including prices for families like there things for the kids to do? It's saves this one in her shortlist and difficult to keep them entertained if moves on. She can see a range of photographs this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hers - 2 adults and 2 children. It’s not necessarily the dates she wants to travel, but it gives and crucially for her, she hand writing font it looks nice there aren't events or activities in the this is a hand writing font it looks nice this and video, this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice hand writing font it looks nice resort. this is a hand writing font it looks nice this The first thing she notices on the next can see information on what she can this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice this holiday is that it's remembered her her an idea what it might cost. There’s a calendar too so that she can get the right pricesthere with the kids, and what do for hand writing font it looks nice is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a this is a hand writing font it looks nice this hand writing font it looks nice details, and given her a price is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice this facilities they have. automatically - great! is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand writing font it looks nice when she might really want to travel. She’ll definitely take a look at that another time, but not right now - she’s just getting ideas at this stage. Selective coding
  • 32. Persona 1 Scenario 1: Get inspired Helen Tate 41 years old, married, with 2 daughters aged 12 and 16 Whilst out doing her Christmas shopping, Helen walks past her local travel agent and decides to drop in to get some brochures. She always takes a family holiday during the school sumer holidays, and she likes to plan - and book - early. “The most important things for me are that it’s got to be cheap and have hot She’s always been to Spain in the past, but friends keep recommending Turkey, so she picks weather, with plenty to keep the kids up some brochures for both countries. occupied. Other than that it doesn’t really matter” At home later that evening, she starts to skim through the brochures over a coffee. At this Explorer point she just likes to have a glance through the photographs, to get an idea of what areas are worth looking at in more detail. Advice seeker Deal finder She knows the prices aren’t completely accurate, but she uses them to make sure she doesn’t waste time looking at places that are out of her price range. When she finds a hotel that she’s interested in, she notices that there’s a web link advertised on the page offering Experience Goals Get the reassurance I need to feel confident in my choices more detail. Persona 1 Browser http://www.google.co.uk 3.) Unit page - Price Browser http://www.google.co.uk S e a r c 5.) Itinerary h Looking for holiday ideas Thomson Thomson From what she's read so far, Helen Helen notices that there's an extra Itinerary Independent Unit page likes the look of this holiday, but is it really in her price range if she can only Holiday Goals Itinerary page that allows her put together her own itinerary of events and activities. planner traveller She opens her laptop and visits the Visits the Thomson website after reading a brochure her straight to a page 1.) link from the brochure. This takes Browser http://www.google.co.uk Thomson travel in the summer holidays? That's really useful for her because it I want good value for money starts to bring the holiday to life a bit with more detail on the same hotel. This one particularly appeals now because it shows her Package holidays Helen visits the site to see more information on the Narrative this is a hand writing font it looks nice this is a hand this is a hand writing font it looks nice this She can see an option straight away It’s more important to get a reliable holiday than an exciting holiday more. holidays she's seen in the brochures. 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  2. This kind of research is generally more qualitative than quantitative, but you can collect data that is quantifiable too.\n\nQual research is about understanding reasons for action, not just recording the action. Understanding motivation and also barriers that prevent action.\n
  3. Isn’t just an academic exercise, it can help us find new customer needs.\n\nLearn new ways we can more effectively sell our products.\n\nPeople live in complex environments and varying cultural contexts that affect how we behave. Language, relationships, how we spend our spare time - cultural context.\n
  4. M-pesa (M for mobile, pesa = swahili for cash or money) - started in 2007 after period of ethnographic research. Completely new service based on existing technology and unmet needs.\n\nMost of Kenya is rural, and many migrants work in Nairobi. Need to send money home.\n\nCan be done through bus network, but theft was rife.\n\nFew Kenyans have bank accounts, and traditional money transfer is expensive.\n\nHowever, mobile ‘phone adoption is widespread, and ‘phones can be rented on the street.\n\nSo researchers worked with safaricom & developed way of transferring via SMS.\n\nNow tens of millions of subscribers, spreading across africa.\n
  5. Traditional anthropological methods involve long-term observation in the context of the group studied.\n\nM-pesa research involved several researchers spending months on the ground in Kenya. Though in this case the commercial benefit easily justified the cost.\n\nWe don’t have the time or the money to constantly take holidays for the next 3 years, so we need faster ways of observing and understanding that context.\n\nIn the case of travel we can visit airports, holiday resorts, and of course interview customers.\n
  6. Vast majority of commercial customer research is based on interviews - in office or lab.\n\nRelies on participants accurately and honestly recalling what they’ve done over an extended period of time. This will inevitably contain mistakes.\n\nThe very act of trying to recall memories that are out of context is difficult. It’s a cognitive limitation of all human beings.\n\nFor example, most people find learning a foreign language easier when in an environment where that language is spoken rather than in the classroom. This is not proven fact, but part of the theory of situated cognition.\n\nThere are many areas where memory may be affected by natural bias though: hindsight bias, choice-supportive bias, crypotmnesia (remembering old memories and thinking their new, or other people’s ideas / memories and thinking their your own).\n\n
  7. This is where diary studies become useful. Depending on set-up, can reduce impact of cognitive bias and recall.\n\nYou can track participants over time, for intermittent activities that might be hard to observe.\n\nYou can get the participant to collect the data for you, and you see it from their perspective, in context, at the right time.\n\nCommonly used in recent years to monitor mobile ‘phone usage where it would be unreasonable to observe.\n
  8. Learn how the specific activity fits into people’s daily lives.\n\nWhen do they take time out to think about holidays?\n\nWho do they talk to?\n\nHow do they make decisions?\n
  9. There are some situations where you really can’t follow people.\n\nFor example: Difficult to observe mobile use over time, because it can be used anywhere.\n\n
  10. Your participants can be anywhere in the world. You don’t need to see them face-to-face.\n\nThey can interact in different ways too, including by using their mobiles.\n\n
  11. Depending on your research plan, you can collect both.\n\nAlso able to correlate the two because based on the same observed event.\n\nIf monitoring holiday planning:\n\na.) How many visits to a shop before booking?\nb.) How long from first web search / holiday initiation and booking?\nc.) How does website effectiveness correlate with shop visits / contact-centre calls?\n\nOpen-ended data capture allows for broad qual. data too.\n\n
  12. You can monitor almost any kind of activity because it’s so unobtrusive.\n\nDarwin used it in the 1840s to monitor speech development of his children over a long period (a year?).\n\nUS psychologist Ericsson used to study what makes people expert violinists - practice hours or natural ability?\n\nThis study gathered extensive quantitative data about practice time and how it was broken down to analyse the problem.\n
  13. Participants record activities at the time of a given event, or at least that’s what we’re after.\n\nAcademic studies of the effectiveness of this have found around 25-30% of participants in these kinds of studies will in reality not complete their entries at the required time, but instead delay either deliberately or due to external factors. \n\nUseful when you need precise quantitative data about what is happening and when, but less effective at gathering qualitative data because it requires immediate feedback. Depends though.\n\nGenerally called “experience sampling”. Can refer to a good article by Intel on this method.\n
  14. More common for diaries.\n\nParticipants record activities on a regular or researcher-led basis, which may require some recall of events prior to that time.\n\nTypically a participant might be required to complete a diary entry on a daily or weekly basis, and may need to recall activities for that day or week.\nEffective for understanding ecology and reasoning behind activities / behaviour.\n
  15. Can be entirely closed and structured. Much easier to analyse (can be done in a spreadsheet) and easy for the participant to complete.\n\nLimited to quantifiable data, no qualitative input so lose that richness.\n
  16. Can use some form of questioning to guide feedback, whilst still leaving room for qualitative feedback.\nThis approach works well by combining data types gathered, and ensuring participants stick close to the relevant subject matter.\n
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  19. If you have the time and budget, you can really broaden the types of data you get back. This is really useful, and when you use multiple methods of data collection other than written prose, it’s often called a “cultural probe”.\n
  20. Traditionally you would send out a paper diary or probe kit, and wait for them to be posted back, but there are other ways for people to participate.\n\n\n
  21. You can collect photographs, either by participants using their own devices or by the researcher sending out cameras.\n\nNow that most people have mobiles with cameras, this is even easier.\n\nThis can be a great way of communicating visually what might be hard to describe in written form.\n\nA study I worked on with BBC had people send us photos. We were researching media use (TV, internet, music) and how they were mixed together. Photos of how people’s living rooms were setup, how they all sat together doing different things in the same space, were all really enlightening.\n\n
  22. There are now so many different ways participants can communicate.\n\nFacebook, Twitter, email, blogs. All are good ways to communicate.\n\nMeans less recall. Participants can share a photo, an email, a message on Twitter or Facebook, and do it at the time of the event.\n\nMobile devices make this really simple now, and a common activity for most people.*\n\n* Obviously this depends on where and with whom you’re researching. Might not be so effective for coal miners, airline pilots or nursery workers!\n
  23. However you gather the data, assuming there is a qualitative element, you’ll have a lot of data.\n\nThe best way to analyse diary study data is using grounded theory, or a simplified version of it.\n\nThere are several steps to this - and I’m by no means an expert on grounded theory - but I’ll give you an overview.\n
  24. This is a fairly typical example of the kind of data you might get back from a diary or other qualitative research.\n\nNarrative in form and varying writing styles.\n
  25. First step is identifying critical instances. Broad, general patterns you can identify in the text. We’ll refine these later, so it’s fine to start with what’s relatively obvious.\n\nDon’t worry what these mean or signify, or whether they match other patterns, it’s just elements of text that are informative and relevant to the study.\n\nTo some extent the way you analyse your data is going to be subjective, because it’s interpretive. You’re not noting down simple facts, you’re looking for patterns, indications of emotion, motivations etc.\n\nAlthough to be fair there’s an element of this in quantitative too - you choose what to measure in the first place!\n\n
  26. Once you’ve done this for all passages of text (for a large study it’s easier to do this on a participant by participant basis) you can then start to assign categories - open coding (abstract conceptual labels).\n\nSo I might assign the first comment to a label called “Visiting the shop”.\nI might assign the second comment to “Fitting into my day”.\n\n
  27. Once you’ve done this for all passages of text (for a large study it’s easier to do this on a participant by participant basis) you can then start to assign categories - open coding (abstract conceptual labels).\n\nSo I might assign the first comment to a label called “Visiting the shop”.\nI might assign the second comment to “Fitting into my day”.\n\n
  28. Then we move onto a deeper analysis of the initial codes. Axial coding involves finding patterns where we can potentially merge labels together, and also often find ways in which labels have pre-conditions or specific contexts.\n\nFor example we might find that browsing brochures happens almost exclusively at home, or of course that browsing a brochure always requires a shop visit to have taken place beforehand in order to get the brochure.\n
  29. This phase is where we review our labels and try to unify them into our central grounded theory. This is our overall understanding and interpretation of the meaning in a study.\n\nThis gives us a framework of understanding about our research question. So in the case of our planned diary study it might be a story if you like, about how people plan holidays, which we can document and diagram in different ways.\n
  30. We can create written narratives describing the theory, or elements of it, like the scenarios we created.\n
  31. We can describe it visually, and map elements of the theory, a bit like our user journeys.\n\n
  32. And of course we use personas as a way of summarising key behaviour patterns and the contexts and pre-conditions that we’ve found.\n\nBut you can document your theory in many different ways, as long as it suits the data you’re representing.\n\nThat is ultimately how it helps us to design new features, functionality or even an entire website.\n
  33. I’m not going to detail it now, but there is a related method from psychology called experience sampling.\n\nEssentially it’s similar, but works by alerting you at specific times - through a PDA or mobile - and asks you specific questions.\n\nIt helps to minimise cognitive bias by asking you “in the moment” rather than recalling, but by asking specific questions it also limits the qualitative aspect of the feedback and steers it towards your specific questions. Might be a good alternative where you want to study very specific behaviours.\n\nI can refer anyone interested to a good article on it by Intel researchers.\n
  34. ...to all of you for staying awake.\n