Plan Design Research with Users of Different Abilities and Languages
Use before talking with users to shape a design. It links goals to decisions, picks methods and roles, recruits people of different abilities and languages, protects and pays them, and keeps notes private.
To use this AI rule
## Write a Research Plan Whose Goals Tie to Design Decisions
Create a plan covering background, evidence, goals, questions, methods, roles, timeline, recruiting, ethics, outputs, and outcomes. Tie goals to decisions and positive change; use describe, evaluate, quantify, or identify.
## Match Each Research Question to a Method and Leave Time for Analysis
Keep research questions distinct from interview questions, actionable, practical, and ethical. Choose methods that answer them, combine methods to corroborate evidence, assign roles through sharing, and reserve roughly twice the research duration for analysis.
## Protect Participants and Include People Who Face Different Barriers
Review bias, power, coercion, trauma, and hazards before recruiting. Include people reflecting relevant abilities, access, literacy, experience, and barriers; adapt prototypes and sessions, and avoid participation that could worsen vulnerability.
## Recruit Participants Early with Language Help and Community Groups
Recruit early beyond personal networks. Translate written materials and use interpreters for spoken interaction, checking cultural fit and accessibility. Work with trusted community organizations; if relationships, time, compensation, or language resources are insufficient, reconsider proceeding.
## Pay Participants and Share Findings Back with Them and Partners
Compensate participants for time and participation costs within applicable constraints. Align partners on timing, roles, outputs, and outcomes; avoid promising arbitrary quantities before findings exist, and return value through credit or anonymity, findings, decisions, and follow-up.
## Record Sessions with Consent and Keep Personal Details Apart from Notes
Use the lightest consented documentation that supports analysis. Restrict rosters and contact data, separate identities from notes, honor opt-outs, define retention, and dispose securely. Capture what participants say and do without collecting unnecessary sensitive information.