2019

Research on Personas: Personas and Scenarios as a Methodology for Information Sciences

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Personas and Scenarios as a Methodology for Information Sciences is an interesting research article that describes the use of personas, along with scenarios, as a methodology common in many domains. The article than makes the case for the use of personas in information science research, which is interesting. The article presents a quick review of […]

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Automatic Persona Generation for Online Content Creators: Conceptual Rationale and a Research Agenda

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In this perspective manuscript, my co-authors and I propose an approach of employing personas as an alternative form of making large volumes of online user analytics information useful to end users of the user and customer analytics, with results applicable in software development, business sectors, communication industry, and other domains where understanding online user behavior

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Customer segmentation using online platforms: isolating behavioral and demographic segments for persona creation via aggregated user data

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In this research, we propose a novel approach for isolating customer segments using online customer data for products that are distributed via online social media platforms. We use non-negative matrix factorization to first identify behavioral customer segments and then to identify demographic customer segments. We employ a methodology for linking the two segments to present

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Research Concerning: Are Personas Done? Evaluating their usefulness in the age of digital analytics

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In this research led by Joni Salminen, we conceptually examine the use of personas in an age of large-scale online analytics data. Based on the criticism and benefits outlined in prior work and by practitioners working with online data, we formulate the major arguments for and against the use of personas given real-time online analytics

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What is a Data-Driven Persona?

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A data-driven persona is derived from verifiable facts about the represented segment of the target population in sufficient amount for quantitative analysis. An ideal persona is a proxy for a person. The person is the targeted user group, audience, or customer segment. An ideal persona both describes a segment and predicts the segment behavior. Jansen,

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What is a persona profile?

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A persona profile is the end product of the persona creation process. A common layout of a persona profile that is usually 1 page containing a textual description and typically one photo. The textual description will include, along with humanizing elements such as name, demographic information (e.g., education, job, age, etc.) and behavioral information (e.g.,

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