Analyzing your Card Sorting Results

How you analyze you card sort depends on the type of sort you've used.

For closed sorts reference Closed Card Sort Analysis.

For open/hybrid sorts reference Closed Card Sort Analysis.

Analysis Views

Proven by Users offers many different views of your data. Depending on the type of card sort (open/closed/hybrid) some of these views will have more value than others. Each page below offers detailed descriptions on the specific view.

• Participants
• Raw
• Groups
• Groups x Cards
• Cards
• Similarity Matrix
• Tree (dendrogram)
• Maximum Agreement

External Analysis & References

• Proven by Users also offers export to CSV. Donna Spencer has a spreadsheet method of analysis

• Journal of Usability Studies - Card Sort Analysis Best Practices