[Sigia-l] List order

[Joe Sokohl]

Hi,

I posted this right when the list went down, and i really need some help 
from y'all.

Topic: How shuold a menu list be ordered? Specifically, I have 14 
organization subgroups that will appear in a form list. Possible 
orderings are:
1. Ordinal--12 subgroups are numbered 1-12.
2. Geographic--Most groups are geographic in nature (US state names)
3. Alphabetic.

My analysis of Card, Schneiderman, and Schriver as well as papers on ACM 
Digital Library led me to choose 3. But I'm meeting resistance from 
long-timers in the firm, who opt for "the way we've always done it."

Any research y'all have done on something similar help?

Grazie,
joe
Joe Sokohl
Sokohl & Associates
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