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Card	B-General_Concept
sorting	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
technique	O
in	O
user	B-Application
experience	I-Application
design	I-Application
in	O
which	O
a	O
person	O
tests	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
subject	O
experts	O
or	O
users	O
to	O
generate	O
a	O
dendrogram	B-Application
(	O
category	O
tree	O
)	O
or	O
folksonomy	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
useful	O
approach	O
for	O
designing	O
information	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
,	O
workflows	O
,	O
menu	O
structure	O
,	O
or	O
web	O
site	O
navigation	O
paths	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Card	B-General_Concept
sorting	I-General_Concept
uses	O
a	O
relatively	O
low-tech	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
person	O
conducting	O
the	O
test	O
(	O
usability	O
analyst	O
,	O
user	B-Application
experience	I-Application
designer	I-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
field	O
of	O
information	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
is	O
founded	O
on	O
the	O
study	O
of	O
the	O
structure	O
of	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Card	B-General_Concept
sorting	I-General_Concept
is	O
useful	O
when	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Reverse	O
card	B-General_Concept
sorting	I-General_Concept
is	O
evaluative	O
—	O
it	O
judges	O
whether	O
a	O
predetermined	O
hierarchy	O
provides	O
a	O
good	O
way	O
to	O
find	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Card	B-General_Concept
sorting	I-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
evaluated	O
through	O
dendrograms	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
some	O
indication	O
that	O
different	O
evaluation	O
methods	O
for	O
card	B-General_Concept
sorting	I-General_Concept
provide	O
different	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Card	B-General_Concept
sorting	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
established	O
technique	O
with	O
an	O
emerging	O
literature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
web-based	O
tools	O
are	O
available	O
to	O
perform	O
card	B-General_Concept
sorting	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
perceived	O
advantage	O
of	O
web-based	O
card	B-General_Concept
sorting	I-General_Concept
is	O
that	O
it	O
reaches	O
a	O
larger	O
group	O
of	O
participants	O
at	O
a	O
lower	O
cost	O
.	O
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