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Intro
Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Understanding Kids and Their Experiences
Design, innovation, and the need for research
and KX, Kids' Experience
Play is a job to be done
What to expect when you're expecting ... kids for research
Kids' research and rocket science
The status of children in research and in society
and in your own mind
Kids: a very picky and playful audience
and research target
Children's constant development makes for a moving research target.
A spectrum of play
and a spectrum for research
A free-play research setup
A directed-play research setup
A guided-play
or games
research setup
Games
Global research with children
Truly global studies?
How children live
Research with foreign kids means working with foreign adults
Language and translation
Selecting which cultures to study
Selections based upon polarities
Hierarchy
Point of reference
Gender or gender roles
It's complex
but not impossible
Chapter 2: How (Not) to Ruin Perfectly Good Research in 18 Steps
Inclusivity and diversity
no-brainers in research
The bias chain: Is bias a feature or a bug?
Bias in the scoping phase
1 For the right stakeholders or client
2 The right objective or problem or pain or goal
3 The right product or project
Selection bias
Bias during the preparation phase
4 The right participants, described in the right terms
Sampling bias
Come over for tea!
Volunteers wanted!
Help me find the next respondent!
I want you in my study!
Other sampling concepts
Random sampling
Stratified sample
Description bias
Descriptions inherited from market research
Skill level as a descriptor
Service skills are not the same as platform skills
Skill distribution patterns
Skill or frequency of task
Staticity bias
The bias of gatekeepers and professional respondents
5 Doing the right things
Consensus bias
Get beyond the recency and primacy effects
6 ... at the right time of day or week or month
7 ... for the right duration
8 ... in the right location/setting
9 ... using the right device
Bias during the execution phase
10 Correctly primed and instructed
11 The right amount of priming and instruction
12 Correctly moderated
Moderator bias
12a Biased questions
Leading question bias
Misunderstood question bias
Unanswerable question bias
Metaphorically speaking
Question order bias
12b Biased answers
Cognitive overload bias
Consistency bias
Dominant respondent bias
Error bias
Hostility bias
Moderator acceptance bias (acquiescence or confirmation bias)
Mood bias
Overstatement bias
Reference bias (order bias)
Sensitive issue bias
Social acceptance bias
Sponsor bias
The most dreaded answer: "I don't know."
13 Monitored by the right people
Contents
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Understanding Kids and Their Experiences
Design, innovation, and the need for research
and KX, Kids' Experience
Play is a job to be done
What to expect when you're expecting ... kids for research
Kids' research and rocket science
The status of children in research and in society
and in your own mind
Kids: a very picky and playful audience
and research target
Children's constant development makes for a moving research target.
A spectrum of play
and a spectrum for research
A free-play research setup
A directed-play research setup
A guided-play
or games
research setup
Games
Global research with children
Truly global studies?
How children live
Research with foreign kids means working with foreign adults
Language and translation
Selecting which cultures to study
Selections based upon polarities
Hierarchy
Point of reference
Gender or gender roles
It's complex
but not impossible
Chapter 2: How (Not) to Ruin Perfectly Good Research in 18 Steps
Inclusivity and diversity
no-brainers in research
The bias chain: Is bias a feature or a bug?
Bias in the scoping phase
1 For the right stakeholders or client
2 The right objective or problem or pain or goal
3 The right product or project
Selection bias
Bias during the preparation phase
4 The right participants, described in the right terms
Sampling bias
Come over for tea!
Volunteers wanted!
Help me find the next respondent!
I want you in my study!
Other sampling concepts
Random sampling
Stratified sample
Description bias
Descriptions inherited from market research
Skill level as a descriptor
Service skills are not the same as platform skills
Skill distribution patterns
Skill or frequency of task
Staticity bias
The bias of gatekeepers and professional respondents
5 Doing the right things
Consensus bias
Get beyond the recency and primacy effects
6 ... at the right time of day or week or month
7 ... for the right duration
8 ... in the right location/setting
9 ... using the right device
Bias during the execution phase
10 Correctly primed and instructed
11 The right amount of priming and instruction
12 Correctly moderated
Moderator bias
12a Biased questions
Leading question bias
Misunderstood question bias
Unanswerable question bias
Metaphorically speaking
Question order bias
12b Biased answers
Cognitive overload bias
Consistency bias
Dominant respondent bias
Error bias
Hostility bias
Moderator acceptance bias (acquiescence or confirmation bias)
Mood bias
Overstatement bias
Reference bias (order bias)
Sensitive issue bias
Social acceptance bias
Sponsor bias
The most dreaded answer: "I don't know."
13 Monitored by the right people