From the course: UX Research Methods: Card Sorting
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Interpreting the results
From the course: UX Research Methods: Card Sorting
Interpreting the results
- Most of the digital tools that have card sorting capability, such as Optimal Workshop, Simple Card Sort, UserZoom, UXSort, and UsabilityTools, have similar basic analysis functions. The analyses will provide similar sorts of outputs for you to digest and turn into useful insights. I'll walk though the main types of outputs using examples from OptimalSort that has the most detailed analytics I know of. Any of the tools that do corresponding calculations will have similar outputs but may look slightly different than what I show here. The first thing to look for is a summary of the details of the tasks, such as how many participants completed or the average time it took to complete. The overview of participants can be especially useful as you can filter to view specific participant groups or play with viewing the analyses from including and excluding outliers. I've also used this function to filter out participants who weren't really eligible to take the test. The next place to look is…
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