Which UX Research methodology should you use? [Chart included]

Start with the question, and all else will follow

Start with this question, and all else will follow.

When I first started as a user researcher, I believed there were two types of user research: usability testing and discovery research. I was right, those two types of research do exist, but they are not the only methodologies a user researcher can use to answer questions. But, alas, I was young in my ca…