Card Sort results as Data Tables

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On this page:

• Find results for Card Sort Tasks as Data Tables
• Closed Card Sort task data
• Open Card Sort Task data

Find results for Card Sort Tasks as Data Tables

1. Go to the Results section of your study.
2. Select Ratios & Responses in the left menu.
3. Scroll to the Card Sort Task and select Results.
4. In the Results box, click Data .

Closed Card Sort task data

Understand the available tabs in Closed Card sort data and what can be found on each.

• Participants
  • The median time of completion among participants.
  • How long it took each individual participant to complete this task.
• Responses: The cards each participant placed in each category
• Cards (For each card)
  • The number of categories each card was placed.
  • Categories each card was placed
  • How many times the card was placed in the category
• Categories (For each category)
  • How many cards were placed in each category.
  • Which cards were placed into each category.
  • How many times each card was placed in the category.
• Results Grid
  • Count: How many times each card was placed in a category.*
  • Percentage (%): The percentage of participants who placed each card in each category.*
  • You can switch between Count, %, or Both. 
    1. Click Configure.
    2. Choose one of the options.

*The darker the blue, the more participants placed a card in this category.

Open Card Sort Task data

Understand the available tabs in Open Card sort data and what can be found on each.

• Participants
  • The median time of completion among participants.
  • The number of categories created.
  • The percentage of categories the participant gave a name.
  • How long it took each participant to complete the task.
• Responses
  • How each participant grouped the cards.
  • How each participant named the categories.
• Cards (For each card)
  • The number of categories each card was placed.
  • The names of the categories each card was placed.
  • The frequency each card was placed in a category
• Categories (For each category)
  • How many cards were placed in each category.
  • Which cards were placed in each category.
  • How many times each card was placed in the category.
  • How many participants created the category.
  • The agreement between participants (for standardized categories only).
    • On the far right, there is also the Edit column that is empty for regular categories but displays an Edit Field icon for standardized categories.
    • Click the icon to edit the corresponding standardized category.
• Results Grid
  • How many times it appears in each standardized category.
  • How many times it appears in unstandardized categories.
  • The only column that is always there is the "Not standardized" column.
    • Without standardization, all the cards only appear in unstandardized categories under this column.
    • As soon as categories are standardized, they appear as columns on this tab.
• Similarity Grid (For any two cards)
  • Count: The number of times these cards were placed together.*
  • Percentage (%): The percentage of how often these cards were placed together.*
  • You can switch between Count, %, or Both. 
    1. Click Configure.
    2. Choose one of the options.

*The darker the blue, the more participants placed a card in this category.

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