Practise the standard verbs for facilitating a useful usability test.
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Fill in: 'We ___ a small, realistic task for the participant to attempt unaided, since watching someone struggle silently reveals more than any survey question ever could.'
We 'set a task' — the standard, simple collocation for giving a participant something concrete to attempt. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'Jumping in to help the moment a participant hesitates can ___ the exact confusing moment we most needed to observe disappearing before we've actually seen it.'
We say early intervention will 'leave' the key confusing moment unobserved — the standard, natural collocation for the resulting lost data. The other options aren't idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ the participant to think aloud throughout the task, since their unfiltered running commentary usually explains a confusing click far better than we could guess afterward.'
We 'encourage a participant' — the standard, simple collocation for prompting someone to narrate their thinking. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ every session on video with the participant's consent, so a subtle hesitation the note-taker missed live can still be caught later on playback.'
We 'record a session' — the standard, simple collocation for capturing a usability test for later review. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ recurring friction points across several sessions before changing anything, since one confused participant might just be an outlier, not a real pattern.'
We 'identify a friction point' — the standard, simple collocation for spotting a genuine, repeated usability problem. The other options aren't idiomatic here.