The sorting techniques: A tutorial paper on card sorts, picture sorts and item sorts

Expert Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 94-107

  Rugg, Gordon ^a,c   McGeorge, Peter ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Card sorts; Laddering; Personal construct theory; Repertory grids; Sorting

Indexed keywords

CARD SORTS; LADDERING; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; REPERTORY GRIDS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

SORTING;

EID: 33745211254     PISSN: 02664720     EISSN: 14680394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0394.2005.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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