[Sigia-l] card sorting: dealing with multiple placements

[Boniface Lau]

> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On
> Behalf Of Todd R.Warfel
>  
> On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at 07:29 PM, Boniface Lau wrote:
> 
> > What I meant was that card sort's original purpose was for
> > ordering things. That is after all what sorting means.
> 
> We may just have to agree to disagree on this one. I still see a
> distinction between ordering and grouping:

In my last message, I wrote:

BL> But here, the ordering method is used for categorizing things. It
BL> is like using a knife to stir coffee - not what the knife was
BL> designed for.

Thus, there is no need to agree to disagree. We both see that
ordering is not grouping. :-) 

However, my point was that we are using an "ordering" tool for
"grouping" purpose. And that point seems to not getting across.


Boniface