Le tri de cartes: Une méthode d'investigation des catégories mentales au service de l'architecture de l'information

Abstract

This paper reviews the alternative uses of card sorting in the context of interactive system and digital document design. Our presentation will follow a series of tests, from data collection to interpretation, completed to inform the definition of the information architecture of a university department website. Beyond the state of the literature, our goal is, based on this empirical investigation, to introduce a method for the collection, analysis and interpretation of card sorting data, situated in the landscape of existing practices, combing qualitative and quantitative analysis in order to better target the users ' representations. © 2009 Lavoisier, Paris.