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Re:Most software companies ignore user behavior by hinkley on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @04:25PM (#20823654)
I propose you start by studying a small batch of users, documenting their behaviors, develop a set of theories, then look at whether the larger pool of data agrees with or disproves your theory.

Try to come up with theories just from data and you end up with the Texas Sharpshooter scenario. We are complaining about this sort of behavior showing up in the scientific community, let's learn from that mistake.

Re:Most software companies ignore user behavior by munk-a on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @05:00PM (#20823915)
I agree, I think doing a deep dive interview with a small set of users is better than just collecting telemetry. Ask them questions, carry on conversations, notice when they become frustrated trying to do something.

All the users could be using the right-click context menu to copy text not out of preference but instead ignorance - telemetry can tell you what's wrong but you miss out on most of the chance to tell why.