From the course: UX Research Methods: Card Sorting
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Tree test planning
- A tree test is basically the reverse of card sort. Used to verify structure, the team end up putting together or to assess an existing structure. In a tree test you show participants the elements of the site or product structure. Named exactly as you're proposing and give them tasks to perform. For instance, you might ask someone where in an ecommerce site they'd find soccer cleats. You want to be sure that you include the individual pieces of information that you're asking people to look for as elements in the tree. In the searching for soccer cleat example you want to make sure that soccer cleats and a few other individual products are including in the tree setup. Rather than just the category or categories that the cleats live in. You'll also probably want to exclude wayfinding items like search or help from the test tree. These types of things are helpful when real users are interacting with your structure. But won't give you much information about how well the other parts of…
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