Anonymity can affect the quality of user research. To ensure anonymity, UX professionals must set expectations around privacy and follow best practices about revealing personal information that might identify research participants.
Choosing what UX design method to use for a project can be difficult. Developing better tools based on empirical data can help make that decision easier.
User group conferences can provide great opportunities to reach qualified prospective research participants in a single location—a potential goldmine for collecting rich user data.