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Five, ten, or twenty-five – How many test participants? February, 2015 Author: Ellen Francik, PhD, CUA, CXA
https://www.humanfactors.com/newsletters/how_many_test_participants.asp
How Many Test Users in a Usability Study?
Summary: The answer is 5, except when it's not. Most arguments for using more test participants are wrong, but some tests should be bigger and some smaller. By Jakob Nielsen on June 3, 2012 Topics: User Testing
Card Sorting: How Many Users to Test
Summary: Testing ever-more users in card sorting has diminishing returns, but test at least 15 users — 3 times more than you would in traditional usability tests. By Jakob Nielsen on July 18, 2004 Topics: Information Architecture, Research Methods
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/card-sorting-how-many-users-to-test/
How Many Participants for a UX Interview?
Summary: In the early stages of a UX-design project, recruit enough people to gain an in-depth understanding of users’ experiences and needs. The number of people needed for an interview study is often smaller than you think. By Maria Rosala on October 31, 2021 Topics: Research Methods
How Many Participants for Quantitative Usability Studies: A Summary of Sample-Size Recommendations
Summary: 40 participants is an appropriate number for most quantitative studies, but there are cases where you can recruit fewer users. By Raluca Budiu and Kate Moran on July 25, 2021 Topics: Research Methods
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/summary-quant-sample-sizes/
Sample Size Policy for Qualitative Studies Using In-Depth Interviews
Shari L. Dworkin Archives of Sexual Behavior volume 41, pages 1319–1320 (2012)Cite this article https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-012-0016-6
Why You Only Need to Test with 5 Users
Summary: Elaborate usability tests are a waste of resources. The best results come from testing no more than 5 users and running as many small tests as you can afford. By Jakob Nielsen on March 18, 2000 Topics: User Testing https://www.nngroup.com/articles/why-you-only-need-to-test-with-5-users/
Why 5 Participants Are Okay in a Qualitative Study, but Not in a Quantitative One
Summary: Qualitative usability testing aims to identify issues in an interface, while quantitative usability testing is meant to provide metrics that capture the behavior of your whole user population. By Raluca Budiu on July 11, 2021 Topics: Research Methods
Why You Cannot Trust Numbers from Qualitative Usability Studies
Summary: Qualitative usability studies have few users and variable protocol; numbers obtained from such studies are likely to poorly reflect the true behavior of your population due to large measurement errors. By Raluca Budiu on May 23, 2021 Topics: Analytics & Metrics
Data Is More than Numbers: Why Qualitative Data Isn’t Just Opinions
Summary: Systematically gathered qualitative data is a dependable method of understanding what users need, why problems occur, and how to solve them. By Page Laubheimer on August 1, 2021 Topics: Research Methods
Quantitative Studies: How Many Users to Test?
Summary: When collecting usability metrics, testing with 20 users typically offers a reasonably tight confidence interval. By Jakob Nielsen on June 25, 2006 Topics: Analytics & Metrics, Research Methods, User Testing
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/quantitative-studies-how-many-users/
How to Determine the Right Number of Participants for Usability Studies
By Janet M. Six and Ritch Macefield January 4, 2016 6 Comments
What sample size do you really need for UX research? In which we demystify the potentially divisive question of sample size in UX research. Kuldeep Kelkar SVP, Services 2018-04-05
https://www.userzoom.com/ux-blog/what-sample-size-do-you-really-need-for-ux-research/
Enough’s enough. Here’s how to find your ideal sample size—the “sweet spot” that will deliver quality insights with the most efficiency. Lizzy Burnam
https://www.userinterviews.com/blog/how-many-participants-do-you-need-for-a-usability-study
Selecting the appropriate sample size for your UX Research