Modified Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:12:34 +0200.
Card sorting is a user research method used to determing and verify the structure and hierarchy of a website or service. It is fast, reliable an inexpensive and can provide insight into users' mental models.
Card sorting can be done with physical cards or over the web. One of the best on-line card sorting tools is OptimalSort, which can be tried for free. OptimalSort only provides a list of results, which is very difficult to exploit. This is where this Card Sort cluster analysis tool comes into use. It takes the results list from OptimalSort and translates them into an understandable table, similarity matrix and an interactive treeview. See sample output.
In order to utilize this tool, you need to create a card sort project with OptimalSort (can be done for free). When you have enough data, export All raw data in CSV (Comma Separated) format. and upload the file with the form below. You'll get something similar to sample output. Please note that neither your data nor the results are stored here. If you encounter problems, please send feedback to aapo.puskala@userpoint.fi.
IMPORTANT! Don’t open & save the CSV file in Microsoft Excel. Excel will add extra quotes and the file will no longer work. You may open the file, but do not save it over the original one.
When downloading your data from OptimalSort, select All raw data in CSV format. |