Chapter Resources > Career Pathways > Chapter 14 – Research-Related Pathways: User Research and Evaluation
Recommended Books
**As of July, 2024 recommended Books have been moved to a dedicated book list posted directly on Amazon.com.**
Related Links and Articles
- Usability.gov introduction to user research, methods and research related templates (dated but still good content)
- UXmatters user research articles
- A List Apart user research articles
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
- 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
- Glass Door Salary Data (includes common UX job titles)
- Onward Search UX Salary Guide (last updated in 2024)
- Nielsen Norman Salary Trends (last updated in 2019)
- UXPA Salary Survey
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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