Reference Deep-Dives
Comprehensive guides on research methodology, tools, and best practices. Written for practitioners who need depth, not summaries.
875 Reference Deep-Dives
Concept Testing for AI Products: A Methodology Guide
AI product concepts break the CPG concept-testing playbook. Novelty bias, prior-model anchoring, static stimulus failure, and trust dominance distort the data.
Figma Prototype Testing: A Practical Workflow Guide
Figma prototypes are the default vehicle for pre-build usability testing, but Figma's native sharing misses reasoning. Here's how to test prototypes properly.
IDI Coding and Scoring: The Qual-to-Quant Bridge
How to code in-depth interview transcripts into structured themes, run intercoder reliability checks, and bridge from rich narrative to defensible findings.
IDI Discussion Guide Template: Sections, Sample Prompts, Mistakes
A practical IDI discussion guide template: six sections, sample prompts per section, common mistakes that wreck quality, and a copy-able structure.
IDI Moderator Training & Consistency: The Methodology Tax
Moderator variance contaminates IDI programs at scale. Training closes part of the gap; AI moderation closes the rest. Here's how to think about it.
IDI Recruitment Screener: A Practical Methodology Guide
How to screen for IDI recruitment quality, not just demographic fit. Behavioral qualifiers, articulation tests, and a copy-able 6-section screener.
IDI Sample Size and Saturation: How Many In-Depth Interviews Do You Need?
Textbook IDI sample sizes (5-8, 12, 16-24) were derived under expensive-interview cost regimes. Here's how saturation changes when each interview is cheap.
Laddering Technique in In-Depth Interviews: A Methodology Guide
Laddering is the structured probing technique that turns surface answers into identity-level reasoning. Here's how it works, and how AI moderation runs it.
Mobile App Usability Testing: The 2026 Methodology Guide
Mobile is the primary product surface, yet most usability research still defaults to desktop. Here's how to test native and mobile-web flows on real devices.
Moderated vs. Unmoderated Usability Testing: The Methodology Decision
Moderated usability testing captures reasoning but caps at 5-8 sessions. Unmoderated scales but loses the why. Here's how to pick — and how to break the tradeoff.
Qualitative vs Quantitative Research: A Methodology Decision Guide
Qualitative captures reasoning; quantitative captures behavior. Pick the wrong one and your findings answer the wrong question. Here's how to route the decision.
Remote Usability Testing: A Complete Methodology Guide
Remote usability testing replaced in-person studies as default, but unmoderated tools miss reasoning. Here's how AI-moderated remote testing fixes that.
Original Studies, Real Participants
User Intuition publishes original research on questions the industry keeps debating. Recent studies include synthetic data quality, the real reasons deals are lost, and what makes products go viral. All conducted on our own platform.
The Synthetic Mirage in Market Research
- 5 failure modes
- 117 real interviews
- 90 synthetic interviews
We compared 117 real voice interviews to 90 LLM-generated 'participants' across Claude, GPT, and Gemini. Synthetic data passed the smell test — and failed the comparison test on every dimension that matters.
OpenClaw: Why It Went Viral and What Consumers Actually Want
117 voice interviews on the consumer demand behind OpenClaw's 232K-star viral rise.
B2B Win-Loss ResearchWhy Price Is Almost Never the Real Reason You Lost the Deal
10,247 post-decision buyer interviews reveal a 44-point gap between stated and actual loss drivers.
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