Chapter Resources > Career Pathways > Chapter 14 – Research-Related Pathways: User Research and Evaluation
Recommended Books
Related Links and Articles
- Usability.gov introduction to user research, methods and research related templates
- UXmatters user research articles
- A List Apart user research articles
- Become a Better Facilitator (Smashing Magazine)
Supportive Professional Organizations
- User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA)
- ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction (SIGCHI)
- Interaction Design Association (IxDA)
Cory’s related writing
- Evolving Best Practices For Doing In-Person UX Research During Covid-19
- Yes, I’ve again starting doing in-person UX research in the age of Covid-19
- UX for Good: Research and strategy for low-cost or no-cost
- Evolution of user research jobs
- Appropriate expectations –> Happy stakeholders –> Successful usability testing
- Observing Usability Studies: A Guide for Stakeholders
- How to moderate usability testing with simultaneous translation
- Research Recruitment Fail: Now what?
Compensation Data
- United States: Onward Search UX Salary Guide
- Global: UXPA 2018 Salary Survey (PDF)
- International: Nielsen Norman Salary Trends for UX Professionals
- Glass Door Salary Data (includes user research)
Other job titles that may involve user research work: UX Specialist, Usability Engineer/Specialist/Expert, Human Factors Engineer/Specialist (which may not actually indicate someone doing the human factors work that is discussed in the book’s Human Factors pathway)
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