Assessing Clustering Methods to Establish Reliability and Consensus in Card Sorting Tasks

2021 ◽  
pp. 961-968
Author(s):  
Lamia Alam ◽  
Shane T. Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Clustering Methods ◽  
Card Sorting ◽  
Sorting Tasks

Cognitions and “Placebos” in Behavioral Research on Ambient Noise

1973 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Rae Harcum ◽  
Peter M. Monti
Keyword(s):  
Ambient Noise ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Behavioral Research ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Cognitive Variables ◽  
Card Sorting ◽  
Perceptual Accuracy ◽  
Testing Situation ◽  
Sorting Tasks ◽  
Per Se

A first experiment, using visual and card-sorting tasks, found no effects of 100-db ambient noise per se, although cognitive variables in the testing situation affected both performance and ratings of disturbance. In two subsequent experiments some of the Ss were told that a noise was extraneous to their task of reproducing tachistoscopic patterns, and others were told that effects of the noise were being studied. Control Ss received no noise. Although group membership did not affect over-all perceptual accuracy, it did interact with other variables, indicating some influence on Ss' distribution of attention. The “relevant” noise was rated generally less disturbing, as predicted, but with greater variance in ratings; correlations with interview data suggest that some Ss had “cooperated” with E by judging the noise to be disturbing. Thus, in the absence of any other adequate “placebo” to control for cognitive factors, deceptive instructions may always be necessary in studies of ambient noise.

scholarly journals Exploring Faculty and Student Frameworks for Engineering Knowledge Using an Online Card Sorting Platform

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Diana A. Chen ◽  
Gordon D. Hoople ◽  
Nico Ledwith ◽  
Eric Burlingame ◽  
Seth D. Bush ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Research Data ◽  
First Year ◽  
Surprising Result ◽  
Card Sorting ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Engineering Faculty ◽  
Engineering Knowledge ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Sorting Tasks

In this study we investigate how faculty and students think about engineering us-ing a technique new to engineering education: card sorting. In card sorting partic-ipants sort stimuli (cards) into groups, in the process revealing how they catego-rize information. Here we examine how both engineering faculty (n=23) and first-year undergraduate students (n=62) categorize engineering scenarios. We found engineering faculty sort based on cross-disciplinary engineering activities rather than engineering disciplines. This is a surprising result as our educational frameworks are based around disciplines, and yet they are not the primary way in which faculty think. First-year students, on the other hand, showed little consen-sus on how to sort the scenarios. As a part of this paper we unveil an online card sorting platform Collection and Analysis of Research Data for Sorting (CARDS). CARDS allows researchers to create card sorting tasks, distribute them to participants for remote data collection, and analyze quantitative results.

Salience, Induced Muscle Tension, and the Ability to Ignore Irrelevant Information

1974 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Folkard ◽  
Adrian L. Greeman
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Tension ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Irrelevant Information ◽  
Stroop Test ◽  
Card Sorting ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Sorting Tasks

Two experiments are described that examined the effects of salience and induced muscle tension on subjects' ability to ignore irrelevant information in card sorting tasks. The results of the first experiment suggested that even though the responses appropriate to the relevant and irrelevant information were unrelated there was an effect of irrelevant information, but only when it was more salient than the relevant information. Induced muscle tension was found to improve performance based on less salient attributes but to degrade performance based on more salient attributes. The second experiment confirmed this latter finding using a version of the Stroop test. It is tentatively suggested that induced muscle tension may inhibit naming responses.

Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Investigating Structural Knowledge with Textual and Pictorial Stimuli

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. William Evans ◽  
Raegan M. Hoeft ◽  
Florian G. Jentsch ◽  
Clint A. Bowers
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Organization ◽  
Structural Knowledge ◽  
Sorting Task ◽  
Speed Of Processing ◽  
Card Sorting ◽  
Pictorial Information ◽  
Pictorial Stimuli ◽  
Organizational Differences ◽  
Sorting Tasks

The differences between the processing of textual and pictorial information have been a topic of research for some time now. Previous research concerning the modality of information has often concentrated on the speed of processing rather than the organizational differences that may exist. This experiment utilized card sorting to evaluate the changes in knowledge organization that occur when information is presented in text and picture formats. In addition to this, the structure of the elicitation task was manipulated to evaluate its effects on sharedness. It was found that textual stimuli produced a greater sharedness among participants in a free sorting task. However, for a structured sorting task, results reversed, and pictorial stimuli created a greater level of sharedness. Overall, structured sorting tasks produced a greater level of sharedness than the free sorting condition, regardless of modality.

Rorschach Color Theories as Reflected in Simple Card Sorting Tasks

1955 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy M. Hamlin ◽  
John T. Stone ◽  
Merle J. Moskowitz
Keyword(s):  
Card Sorting ◽  
Sorting Tasks

Dynamic Assessment of Cognitive Rehabilitation Potential in Schizophrenic Persons and in Elderly Persons With and Without Dementia

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl H. Wiedl ◽  
Henning Schöttke ◽  
M. Dolores Calero Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Rehabilitation ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Dynamic Assessment ◽  
Verbal Learning ◽  
Verbal Working Memory ◽  
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Card Sorting ◽  
Static Test ◽  
Rehabilitation Potential

Summary: Dynamic assessment is a diagnostic approach in which specific interventions are integrated into assessment procedures to estimate cognitive modifiability. The study investigates the utility of this approach in persons with compelling rehabilitational needs. Samples of schizophrenic patients and of elderly with and without dementia were assessed with dynamic versions of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test and the Auditory Verbal Learning Test. Both tests were administered by applying specific procedures of verbal mediation designed to increase performance. Results demonstrated superior predictive validity with regard to proficiency in a clinical training in schizophrenic subjects and better discrimination of nondemented and demented elderly with the help of dynamic measures compared to static test scores. Subsequent correlational analyses indicated that, for both tests, performance change following intervention is related to the processing of verbal context information. Results are discussed with respect to the concept of verbal working memory as one component of the patients' rehabilitation potential.

A Usability Comparison of Computerized Card Sorting Applications from the Researcher's Perspective

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Hinkle ◽  
Shannon Riley ◽  
Barbara S. Chaparro
Keyword(s):  
Card Sorting

Communicating the Value of Design

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
George Edward TORRENS ◽  
Nicholas Samuel JOHNSON ◽  
Ian STORER
Keyword(s):  
Design Decision ◽  
Card Sorting ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Product Packaging ◽  
Sorting Method ◽  
Packaging Design ◽  
Design Considerations ◽  
Modified Delphi ◽  
Fast Moving Consumer Goods ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

Product packaging design is often produced through the practical application of tacit knowledge, rule of thumb and professional connoisseurship. Stakeholders are becoming increasingly demanding that design practitioners provide clarity of reasoning and accountability for their design proposals. Therefore, a better framework for the design of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) is required. This paper proposes a comprehensive taxonomy of ‘design considerations’ to assist the development of low involvement FMCG packaging and aid in rationale communication for design solutions. 302 academic sources were reviewed, inductive content analysis performed to code topics and output validation with academic and industry experts (n=9) through a modified-Delphi card sorting method. The research provides movement towards a comprehensive framework and common dialogue between stakeholders, practitioners and managers to assist in more effectively communicating the value that design can offer to FMCGs. The constructed taxonomy provides a set of 156 ‘design considerations’ to support in objective and informed design decision-making.

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