> > Trust me. Compared to many of the hundreds of research papers I review each > year, this one is pretty solid. >
Oh, I completely believe that. But — and I've probably said this a million times — "better by comparison" does not equal "good". While the bigger problem is, "Do teams that employ personas produce > effective designs for their audiences?" that, as you've correctly pointed > out, is hard to prove in a study. > But unless I'm mistaken, that's exactly what this paper claims to have shown. Of course, this study can't stand alone. Good research, like this, needs to > be duplicated elsewhere before you can really stand behind it. Other > researchers should try to replicate the experiment to see if they get > similar results. Then, and only then, will we empirically know that the > results were great. Frank did a good job of explaining to another team how > to duplicate the experiment. > I'm so glad you said that. I kinda wish I hadn't taken the bait on this thread. It's been in the back of my head all day today. Studies are for women! -r- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
