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What is a screener for a survey? How to best design them? - LogRocket Blog

The effectiveness of user research relies heavily on recruiting the right participants through well-structured screener surveys.

Trust in scientists hasn't recovered from COVID. Some humility could help.

Perceptions of scientists' intellectual humility (IH) significantly influence public trust and willingness to accept their recommendations.
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Why Scientists Are Frantically Trying To Document Millions of Viral Sequences Around the World

Viruses in microbial ecosystems are diverse and constantly evolving, challenging scientists to understand their impact fully.

Can we trust AI in qualitative research? (opinion)

AI lacks the human perspective essential for qualitative social research due to the importance of researcher positionality.

Why Scientists Are Frantically Trying To Document Millions of Viral Sequences Around the World

Viruses in microbial ecosystems are diverse and constantly evolving, challenging scientists to understand their impact fully.

Can we trust AI in qualitative research? (opinion)

AI lacks the human perspective essential for qualitative social research due to the importance of researcher positionality.
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I scale these vast trees to gather data on the effects of climate change

Climbing tall trees offers unique experiences and insights into ancient ecosystems, while research is ongoing to understand the impact of climate change on these giants.
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How Continuous Discovery Helps Software Teams to Take Product Decisions

Continuous discovery involves regular customer research by the product team.
Combining quantitative and qualitative research methods can provide valuable insights for product development.

How to Perform Qualitative Data Analysis | ClickUp

Qualitative data analysis provides deeper insights into behaviors and experiences that numbers cannot capture.

How Continuous Discovery Helps Software Teams to Take Product Decisions

Continuous discovery involves regular customer research by the product team.
Combining quantitative and qualitative research methods can provide valuable insights for product development.

How to Perform Qualitative Data Analysis | ClickUp

Qualitative data analysis provides deeper insights into behaviors and experiences that numbers cannot capture.
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Short-term Memory Effects in the Phototactic Behavior of Microalgae: Methods | HackerNoon

Maintaining optimal culturing conditions of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is essential for successful experimentation.

Placebo effect involves unexpected brain regions

Placebo effects are significant and can be scientifically studied to enhance treatment outcomes.

Environmental justice boot camp offers training on solutions-driven research

A focus on integrating socioeconomic and racial factors into the study of environmental health disparities is essential for effective research and policy making.

Apple Prototypes and Corporate Secrets Are for Sale Online-If You Know Where to Look

Finding valuable corporate data in discarded Apple Time Capsules and secondhand electronics through innovative research methods.

Mice are bamboozled by these baffling optical illusions... and so am I

Mice react to optical illusions similarly to humans, offering new research opportunities.

What Experts Really Think About Diet Soda

Consuming diet soda may not be as benign as once thought, with potential links to various health risks.
Most research on diet soda is observational, not gold-standard double-blind placebo-controlled studies.

Decades-old Cans of Salmon Reveal Changes in Ocean Health

Parasitic loads in salmon used as proxies for marine mammal infection risk.
Old canned salmon discovered as a potential source for studying parasite evolution.

Jobs To Be Done in Product Design

Using Jobs to Be Done (JTBD) framework focuses on understanding customer needs and tasks.
Segmenting customers based on jobs rather than demographics can lead to better insights.

Here's the Happiness Research that Stands Up to Scrutiny

Psychology has undergone scrutiny and closer examination in recent years, leading to a reassessment of what truly makes us happy.
The hypothesis that smiling makes you feel happier has been reevaluated and found to not hold up under closer scrutiny and replication studies.

Lawmakers must recognize the transgender-suicide lie - and protect children

Using the threat of suicide to encourage transgender transition is manipulative and potentially harmful.
Reports that a large percentage of transgender children are suicidal are based on flawed research methods.

Where do sharks hang out?': the race to find safe spaces for the Galapagos' ocean-going predators

Catching and tagging sharks is critical for understanding shark behavior and conservation efforts.

The telltale words that could identify generative AI text

Researchers developed a method to estimate the usage of large language models (LLMs) in scientific writing by analyzing excess word frequency.

My Expert Guide to User Interviews: Techniques & Tips with my Interview Cards by Stephanie Walter

User interviews are crucial for understanding user needs and motivations, enabling the collection of qualitative data.
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