TermCraft conventionFoundational
Think-Aloud Protocol
Asking people to say what they are thinking as they use something.
Definition
A technique in which participants verbalise their thoughts while performing a task.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
Asking people to say what they are thinking as they use something.
Example
'I am looking for a settings icon, usually top right' tells you more than watching them find it silently.
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Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- Gulfs of Execution and EvaluationPrinciple
- Usability TestingResearch method
- Usability Test ScriptTemplate