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The Ability of Personas: An Empirical Evaluation of Altering Incorrect Preconceptions About Users<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

False preconceptions about customers can result in poor design, product development, and marketing decisions<\/a>, so rectifying these preconceptions is essential for businesses.<\/p>\n

In this research, we quantitatively evaluates the ability of data-driven personas<\/a> to alter decision makers\u2019 preconceptions about their online social media users.<\/p>\n

Conduct a within-participant experiment of 31 professionals carrying out a workplace task scenario, the participants\u2019 conceptions of customer attributes are recorded both before and after interacting with personas created from real customer analytics data<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Using statistical analysis to compare the responses, we find that personas had a significant effect on changing preconceptions about the customer segments.<\/p>\n

After interacting with personas, 81% of the participants changed their preconceptions of the customers, and 94% of the participants maintained or increased the accuracy of their perceptions of the customers after engaging with the personas.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the confidence of the participants in their responses increased.<\/p>\n

However, two participants did not change their preconceptions even when faced with contradictory factual information, which highlights the need for accompanying initiatives to align customer preconceptions with customer data fully.<\/p>\n

Read the full research article!<\/p>\n

Salminen, J., Jung, S.G., Chowdhury, S., Ramirez Robillos, D., and Jansen, B. J. (2021) The Ability of Personas: An Empirical Evaluation of Altering Incorrect Preconceptions About Users<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0International Journal of Human-Computer Studies<\/u>,\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijhcs.2021.102645<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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