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Advanced User Research Methods

An intermediate course in systematic user research: matching a method to a real research question, running depth interviews, contextual inquiry, diary studies, card sorting, ethnographic research, co-design workshops, and surveys, and the operational discipline of recruiting, analyzing, and reporting research rigorously.

12 hours (approximately)3 Levels · 30 Lessons
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By the end of this course you can design a rigorous, correctly matched research study for a real business question, execute it using the right combination of methods, recruit and screen participants without introducing bias, and synthesize and report findings in a way that actually drives a decision.

01How to match a research method to a precise, falsifiable question using the attitudinal/behavioral and generative/evaluative landscape
02How to run depth interviews, contextual inquiry, diary studies, card sorting, ethnographic research, and co-design workshops
03How to design an unbiased, well-scaled survey and combine multiple methods into one coherent study
04How to recruit and screen participants rigorously, including catching professional respondents and self-report bias
05How to synthesize qualitative data systematically, establish rigor, and report findings so stakeholders actually act on them
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Curriculum

3 Levels · 30 Lessons

Assessment

Each Lesson may include a Quiz

Each Level may include an Exam

Completion requirements

Complete the available Lessons

Pass all configured Quizzes and Exams

Locked activities open only after their prerequisites are met

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Course Skills5 Course Skills
Interviewing
Mixed Methods
Qualitative Analysis
Recruitment
User Research
Related Competency Domains
Research & Discovery
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Career Path relationship
UX/UI DesignerUX Researcher

Completed Course progress automatically counts toward the Career Path when this Course belongs to a Mission.

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What You'll Gain
  • Builds directly on the usability-testing and heuristic-evaluation foundations courses in this curriculum
  • Every method is grounded in a concrete, repeatable technique, not abstract theory
  • Every lesson ends with a worked example you can practice on
  • Covers the full path from a vague stakeholder request to a delivered, actionable research report
Who Is This Course For?
  • Intermediate learners who have completed this curriculum's beginner foundations courses and now want to run research beyond basic usability testing
  • Career switchers building a rigorous, practical research skill set for a portfolio
  • Product managers and designers who commission research and want to evaluate its quality
  • Students preparing for a dedicated user-research role
Course Features
  • 30 short, focused lessons across 3 progressive levels
  • A graded quiz after every lesson and a 12-question exam per level
  • One continuous worked example (a bilingual government-services renewal flow) threaded through the closing lessons
  • No research software required — this course builds judgment and method fluency first
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Course Completion Certificate

Awarded after the Course's configured completion requirements are met.