My UX Research "Rolodex"
I'm often asked to recommend a tool or vendor for a research project. Over the course of 20+ years doing applied research, I've come to rely on a set of suppliers and software to consider when needed on any project. Here is that list! First, a few caveats. No one here knows I'm recommending them, and I'm not incentivized to do so. Still, if you contact them, it's fine to mention my recommendation (or not). Please don't infer anything from the absence of anyone. It might be that I don't recommend them, but more likely I don't know of them, forgot about them, or the list was too long to include them. Finally, this list reflects my own needs and history. It may not align perfectly with anyone else. In a nutshell, these are folks I call first. If you know what a Rolodex is, this is mine. Working with these folks will help your projects, too! Before recommending suppliers, these are the baseline tools I use everyday. R and RStudio. This is pretty obvious, especially given my R book. I mostl
I'm often asked to recommend a tool or vendor for a research project. Over the course of 20+ years doing applied research, I've come to rely on a set of suppliers and software to consider when needed on any project. Here is that list! First, a few caveats. No one here knows I'm recommending them, and I'm not incentivized to do so. Still, if you contact them, it's fine to mention my recommendation (or not). Please don't infer anything from the absence of anyone. It might be that I don't recommend them, but more likely I don't know of them, forgot about them, or the list was too long to…
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