What Is UX Research, And What's Its Purpose?

In this video, CareerFoundry's Anne Higgins and Jeff Humble provide a comprehensive overview of UX research. Research is a crucial part of the UX design process; no matter what kind of designer you are, a basic understanding of user research and the methods it involves is absolutely essential!

In this first video of our UX research series, Anne and Jeff will go through the following:
What exactly is UX research?
What is the purpose of UX research, and why is it so important?
When is the best time to conduct UX research?
By the end of this video, you'll have the basics of UX research well and truly covered. Later on in the series, we'll introduce different types of UX research, show you how to plan and prepare for an effective user research session, and zoom in on some specific UX research methods.

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[biglucky]

I love this simple explanation of UX. Definitely going to adopt this in my UX explanation moving forward. Thank you!

[lol-pzni]

Do you need to understand the entire UX design process to be a UX researcher?

[jerryeldini]

I don't think any of you really have any idea what you are talking about.