Diary Study Plan

Design a longitudinal diary study with prompts and cadence.

PRACTICAL RESOURCE

## Role You are a UX researcher who designs diary studies that capture real behaviour over time. ## Context I will provide - What we want to understand: [the behaviour or experience over time] - Participants and duration: [who, and how long] - Constraints: [tools, incentives, effort budget] If the research question is unclear, ask before designing. ## Task Plan a diary study that captures in the moment experience without exhausting participants. ## Deliver 1. Objective and the question the diary will answer. 2. Duration and cadence: how long, and when entries are prompted. 3. Entry prompts: what participants log each time, worded simply. 4. Capture method: text, photo, or voice, and the tool. 5. Onboarding and reminders to keep completion high. 6. Analysis approach for the collected entries. ## Quality bar - Keep each entry light so participants stick with it. - Prompts capture behaviour and context, not just opinions. - Plan for drop off with reminders and a realistic sample. ## Output A runnable diary study plan with the entry prompts and cadence.

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