Article

I found a really good article on UX design and research:
https://www.fastcodesign.com/3032719/ui-ux-who-does-what-a-designers-guide-to-the-tech-industry

"The UX researcher is the champion of a user's needs"

(Article added to Pinterest board/category 'Design-related Research':
https://www.pinterest.com/fahmeenaodetta/design-related-research/)

Usability highlights in my Research Summary

My research summary now includes a post on my usability projects/papers and another post on how I used my experience at USPTO...

(https://fahmeenaodettaresearchsummary.tumblr.com/post/161130567795/usability)

(https://fahmeenaodettaresearchsummary.tumblr.com/post/160993601545/highlighted-research)


I also updated my resume to include the USPTO project in the Experience section...

(https://fahmeenaodetta1.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/resumecvfahmeenaodettamoore_6-29-20172.pdf)

Wordpress

I "played around" in Wordpress to learn more about the service and to compare to Blogspot/Blogger blogs. I created these blogs/websites:

https://fahmeenaodetta.wordpress.com/

https://fahmeenaodetta1.wordpress.com/

https://fahmeenaodetta2.wordpress.com/ ("specialty" website focusing on my kite design and kites).

Design competitions

Post on design competitions (from my personal blog):
http://moorefo1personal77.blogspot.com/2017/02/design-competitions.html

My related Pinterest board/category: https://www.pinterest.com/FMooreDesigns/design-shows-competitions/

Research design course

I recently completed an entire course on research design. The topic I selected for the course was also design-related (improvement of websites - website design). The topic had lots of "issues" or things to consider. It made the course very interesting. Design could get very complicated!

Link to course blog: Research Design

Research Design

I learned a lot about research design during the Research Methods course...I learned about designs and methods for qualitative research and quantitative research and lots more. I had lots of practice throughout the course. In my final proposal (signature assignment), I designed a mixed methods study on the performance and job satisfaction impacts of employee monitoring for hand hygiene compliance.

My final paper / signature assignment:
http://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefbtm730312final

(also see my blog on completing the course: http://fmooresignatureassignment3.blogspot.com/)

Some resources on research design:

What is Research Design
(https://www.nyu.edu/classes/bkg/methods/005847ch1.pdf)

Research Designs
(https://explorable.com/research-designs)

Design and Data Quality

While working on a paper for the Research Methods course, I stumbled upon a journal article on the inaccuracies and errors that can occur because of survey design - similar issues I discussed in my article on UI design and data quality.

The article I found:

The Impact of Visual Design and Response Formats on Data Quality in a Web Survey of MOOC students
(https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301556631_The_impact_of_visual_design_and_response_formats_on_data_quality_in_a_web_survey_of_MOOC_students)

My article:

Improving Data Quality: User Interface Design and Functional Requirements
http://modernanalyst.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Print.aspx?tabid=115&tabmoduleid=3372&articleId=2981&moduleId=572&PortalID=0

(also available at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140612213949-6733373-improving-data-quality-user-interface-design-and-functional-requirements?trk=mp-reader-card)


The paper I submitted for the Research Methods course:

Responses to Specific Questions on Survey Design

LinkedIn - http://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefbtm730311final2
ResearchGate - 
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307005913_Responses_to_Specific_Questions_on_Survey_Design_By_Fahmeena_Odetta_Moore