Services

Core provides a full suite of services customized to each client and project.
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Usability Research

How do real people use your product? Do they know what it is meant to do? Do they pick it up the correct way? Do they push the right buttons? Do they understand what they are doing with it while remaining safe? We can find these answers for you in all kinds of ways.

Analytical Research

We can systematically analyze every step it takes to use your product.

Examples include Cognitive Walk-throughs, Expert Reviews, Functional/Task Analyses, Heuristic Analyses, Human Factors Analyses / User Analyses, Threshold Analyses.

Observational Research

You can learn how people use your products from our lab behind a one-way mirror, from their homes, or from their workplaces.
Examples include Competitive Evaluation Testing, Contextual Inquiry, Formative Usability Testing, International User Research Interviews/Surveys, Labeling Comprehension Studies, Summative Usability Testing, Self-Selection Studies, Validation Testing.
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Instructions for Use (IFU) Development

Are the instructions for your product written clearly? Can a range of people understand them? Does your product look professional?
Our illustrators and researchers can design your IFU to improve user’s experiences.
From optimal font size for readability to layout to recommendations for print stock, our designs rely on human factors analysis and focus on safety and efficacy from the beginning of the design process.
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IRB (Institutional Review Board) Services

Are the rights and welfare of the study participants adequately protected? Are the risks sufficiently minimized and reasonable? Will the participants be adequately informed about the study?
We are thorough, fast, and affordable.
Thanks to our focus on behavioral studies, our streamlined review process, and our dedication to ethics in research, we offer faster IRB review at a lower cost than any for-profit IRB that we know of.
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Participant Recruiting

Are you struggling to find representative users? Have you found it difficult to schedule participants for studies?
We can recruit representative users for your research studies. For more information about our recruiting practices for research studies, click learn more.

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