I’m trying to put together a list of books in the UX and design space that have good coverage of the analysis of design and user research data. Here’s what I have so far (and please post any additional ones you think might be good).
Books:
- Mental Models by Indi Young, Rosenfeld Media
- Card Sorting by Donna Spencer, Rosenfeld Media
- Observing the user experience by Mike Kuniavsky, Morgan-Kaufman
- Handbook of task analysis by Dr D. Diaper
- User and task analysis for Interface Design by Hackos & Redish, Wiley
- Design Research Now contains an essay by Wolfram Jonas, Birkhäuser Basel
- Measuring the user experience by Tullis & Albert, Morgan-Kaufman
- Contextual Design by Beyer & Holtzblatt, Morgan-Kaufman
- Analyzing and Interpreting Ethnographic Data by Margaret LeCompte, Alta Mira Press
- Creating Breakthrough Ideas by Squires and Byrne, Bergin & Garvey
- The User is Always Right by Steve Mulder & Ziv Yaar, New Riders Press
- Design Research: Methods and Perspectives edited by Brenda Laurel, MIT Press
Articles on analysing design research:
- Demystifying Data Analysis by Rachel Hinman, Adaptive Path Essays
- Analysis, plus Synthesis by Lindsay Ellerby, UX Matters
- Contextmapping: experiences from practice by Sleeswijk Visser, Stappers, van der Lugt and Sanders (PDF)
Couple of points: I haven’t read all of these, so can’t vouch for just how well they actually cover analysis; these are mostly recommendations from others. And, I’ll keep adding to the list as more responses come in, but feel free to add to the list via comments.