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Task 3: Benefits and challenges of longitudinal research
This task relates to our section on Longitudinal research. For the exercise below please focus on research that would involved the subject using the product over time.
Step-by-step
- Outline and list out the benefits and challenges of conducting longitudinal research for your product.
- Pick a stage (just 1 will do to begin with) that you would like to work through in more detail. As a group, outline the objectives of the longitudinal research. If you’re able, complete for other stages of research which are valuable for your project.
- Next, fill in the approach section. How would you carry out longitudinal evaluation? Are there any specific challenges associated with this research and how would you address them in the approach?
- Reflect as a group: what might you change in your processes as a result of this exercise?