Ethnographic Methods: What Anthropology Teaches Us About Effective Usability Research
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Rosenbaum, Stephanie L.
IBM
2001

Abstract:

When it comes to usability testing, the field of anthropology is offering new insight into effective research methodologies.  Ethnography is a form of research that anthropologists developed to observe how people behave in their own environments — and it's catching on in product development.