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Card sorting
Card sorting is a knowledge elicitation technique that involves participants sorting items according to some given criteria. This is done to determine how participants categorize items in a given domain and to identify similarities and differences between groups of participants. Card sorting is typically used as a research method in user experience design, information architecture , and cognitive psychology . In user experience design card sorting is used to test a group of subject experts or users to generate a dendrogram (category tree) or folksonomy. It is a useful approach for designing information architecture, workflows, menu structure, or web site navigation paths. The person conducting the test (usability analyst, user experience designer, etc.) first identifies key concepts and writes them on index cards or Post-it notes. Test subjects, individually or sometimes as a group, then arrange the cards to represent how they see the structure and relationships of the information. Groups can be organized as collaborative groups (focus groups) or as repeated individual sorts. The literature discusses appropriate numbers of users needed to produce trustworthy results. A card sort is commonly undertaken when designing a navigation structure for an environment that offers a variety of content and functions, such as a web site.…
Article summary
Card sorting is a knowledge elicitation technique that involves participants sorting items according to some given criteria. This is done to determine how participants categorize items in a given domain and to identify similarities and differences between groups of participants. Card sorting is typically used as a research method in user experience design, information architecture , and cognitive psychology . In user experience design card sorting is used to test a group of subject experts or users to generate a dendrogram (category tree) or folksonomy. It is a useful approach for designing information architecture, workflows, menu structure, or web site navigation paths. The person conducting the test (usability analyst, user experience designer, etc.) first identifies key concepts and writes them on index cards or Post-it notes. Test subjects, individually or sometimes as a group, then arrange the cards to represent how they see the structure and relationships of the information. Groups can be organized as collaborative groups (focus groups) or as repeated individual sorts. The literature discusses appropriate numbers of users needed to produce trustworthy results. A card sort is commonly undertaken when designing a navigation structure for an environment that offers a variety of content and functions, such as a web site.…
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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