Women's working wardrobes: A study using card sorts

Expert Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 108-114

  Gerrard, Sue ^a   Dickinson, Julie ^b  

^a Market Drayton   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Card sorts; Dichotomous categorization; Picture sorts; Women's clothing

Indexed keywords

CARD SORTS; DICHOTOMOUS CATEGORIZATION; PICTURE SORTS; WOMEN'S CLOTHING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EXPERT SYSTEMS; SEMIOTICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SORTING;

EID: 33745212926     PISSN: 02664720     EISSN: 14680394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0394.2005.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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