In-Depth Interviews: Daily Schedule
The research protocol should include a detailed schedule for each day. The following is a typical daily schedule for Usography research projects:
- Prepare participant testing station and observation room
- Make copies of script if necessary
- Set up video equipment when research assistant not present
- Replenish materials for exercises if necessary
- Prepare water and/or other refreshments
- Conduct Interview 1
- Debrief
- Replenish materials and prepare rooms, as needed
- Conduct Interview 2
- Debrief
- Replenish materials and prepare rooms, as needed
- Conduct Interview 3
- Debrief
- Replenish materials and prepare rooms, as needed
- Conduct Interview 4
- Debrief
- Assemble and label materials completed during the day
- Burn data to DVD
Research sessions are being scheduled at 2 hour intervals. The interviews usually last 75 to 90 minutes. There is a break between sessions of 30 to 45 minutes, when the team talks about what was observed in the previous session and the changes, if any that should be made to the research protocol. If the team takes a lunch break, it usually lasts 30 minutes and is taken on-site.
Copyright 2009, Paul Bryan, Usography Corporation (http://www.usography.com)
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