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Why doing user observations first is wrong

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Interactions, Volume 13, Issue 4

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1142169.1142199

Published: 01 July 2006 Publication History

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1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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DOI:10.1145/1142169

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