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Luella Paine - How to run a multi-country qualitative study and keep your sanity

Luella Paine - How to run a multi-country qualitative study and keep your sanity

When I led a global qualitative UX research project earlier this year, on paper it seemed like one of our typical projects: 50 participants, 60-minute remotely moderated one-on-one interviews and a straightforward research topic. But with participants in seven countries, across 16 time zones and with many non-native English speakers, this project proved to be quite different. This presentation discusses some of the challenges of conducting a multi-country qualitative study including recruitment, scheduling, logistics and study design. Oh, and it helps if you don’t try to move house at the same time!

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March 17, 2022
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  1. Informe
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    decision
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    Design Research
    2022
    How to run a
    multi-country
    qualitative study and
    keep your sanity

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  2. Hi there…

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  3. Luella Sean
    Tony
    NEW
    PROJECT

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  4. What’s covered?
    ✓Project brief
    Final thoughts

    Challenges

    1. Scheduling
    2. Recruitment
    3. Language
    4. Interviews

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  5. The brief
    ✓50 interviews
    Coders

    7 countries

    16 time zones

    Non-English
    backgrounds

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  6. Scheduling

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  7. Project planning
    ✓Map compatible
    times
    Specify times
    in briefs

    Avoid flexibility

    How many
    moderators?

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  8. Only 7 rooms to go!
    My office

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  9. Recruitment

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  10. Online platforms
    ✓Do your research
    Can they deliver?

    Plan B? And C?

    Specify available
    times

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  11. Local recruiters
    ✓Allow extra time
    How best to
    communicate?

    Am I being clear?

    Expect some
    glitches

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  12. Man with a van
    Are we there
    yet?

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  13. Language

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  14. Language barriers
    ✓Plain English briefs
    Consider translations

    Videos to check
    English competency

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  15. Prep for interviews
    Simple mod guides

    Consider using
    interpreters

    Adjust sessions
    for interpreters

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  16. Interviews

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  17. Interview challenges
    ✓Remote fidelity
    Moderator fatigue

    Participant fatigue

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  18. Conducting interviews
    ✓Review mod guides
    More down time

    Fewer per day

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  19. Final thoughts…

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  20. Home, sweet
    home
    Our new backyard

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  21. Informe
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    decision
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    Thank
    You

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