Recruiting & Participant Management

Finding participants

Finding information about people who could participate in research studies.

  • Internal panels/data - 24.87% of question respondents
  • User Interviews - 12.68%
  • UserTesting - 12.19%
  • Third party - 9.75%
  • Respondent - 6.82%
Data below 5% are not shown. 100% of participants answered this question.

Contacting participants

Reaching out to participants (by it through email, phone, text, Slack, etc.).

  • Email - 37.56% of question respondents
  • User Interviews - 8.29%
  • Slack - 7.8%
  • Phone - 7.31%
  • UserTesting - 6.34%
  • Gmail - 6.34%
Data below 5% are not shown. 100% of participants answered this question.

Participant tracking

Keeping track of which participant has taken part in which study, their compensation, etc.

  • Google Sheets - 17.07% of question respondents
  • Microsoft Excel - 11.7%
  • User Interviews - 6.34%
Data below 5% are not shown. 100% of participants answered this question.

Administering, collecting, and storing participants’ informed consent forms.

  • Google Drive - 8.29% of question respondents
Data below 5% are not shown. 100% of participants answered this question.

Participant incentives

Administering and tracking participant compensation/incentive.

  • Google Sheets - 11.21% of question respondents
  • User Interviews - 8.29%
  • Amazon - 6.34%
Data below 5% are not shown. 100% of participants answered this question.

Research customer/participant relationship management

Keeping track communication with participants.

  • Microsoft Excel - 8.29% of question respondents
  • Google Sheets - 7.8%
Data below 5% are not shown. 100% of participants answered this question.

Participant scheduling

Scheduling research sessions.


Intercept

An intercept entails approaching people who are engaged in an activity to get their feedback.

Source: Victor Yocco, “The Art Of The Intercept: Moving Beyond “Would You Like To Take A Survey?””

    Data below 5% are not shown. 100% of participants answered this question.