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In January 2020, I spoke at the 2020 QRCA Conference<\/a> in Austin, Texas. The name of my talk was “UX Research Is Not a Synonym for Usability Testing.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inspiration for my talk actually came to me immediately while attending the 2019 conference… Sometimes when I introduced myself as a UX researcher to another qualitative researcher, I heard, “I do usability testing, too!” Hhm?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Upon doing a little more digging among online forums and asking my UX research colleagues, I discovered that it’s a common misconception that the terms “UX research” and “usability testing” can be used interchangeably. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usability testing is just one method among many! My original blog post 28 user research methods<\/a>\u2014now includes more than 80 research methods, techniques, and metrics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only is usability testing a small part of what UX researchers do on a day-to-day basis, even user research<\/em> makes up only a portion of the discipline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overview of My Talk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this talk, I covered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n