Measuring the structure of expertise

Schvaneveldt, Roger W.; Durso, Francis T.; Goldsmith, Timothy E.; Breen, Timothy J.; Cooke, Nancy; Tucker, Richard G.; Maio, Joseph C. De

doi:10.1016/s0020-7373(85)80064-x

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“…Further research is required to assess the benefits of card sorting in web design and the relative strength compared to other design-level impact factors. While card sorting gains much of its popularity by its simplicity and low requirements in resources, future research also needs to show the method's effectiveness in comparison to more elaborate techniques, such as text mining in combination with latent semantic analysis (Landauer and Dumais 1997) or multidimensional scaling (Schvaneveldt et al 1985 …”

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Linking card sorting to browsing performance – are congruent municipal websites more efficient to use?

Schmettow

Sommer

2016

Behaviour & Information Technology

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Card sorting is a method for eliciting mental models and is frequently used for creating efficient website navigation structures. The present studies set out to validate card sorting by linking browsing performance to the degree of match between the mental model and the navigation structure. First, a card sorting study was conducted (n = 27) to elicit users' mental model of municipal websites. Second, performance was measured for a number of search tasks with varying degrees of congruence with users' mental model (n = 50). Analysis by linear mixed-effect models suggests that the match between mental model and website structure has no effect on browsing performance. We discuss possible reasons and consequences of the failure to validate card sorting for designing navigation structures of informational websites. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Linking card sorting to browsing performance – are congruent municipal websites more efficient to use?

Schmettow

Sommer

2016

Behaviour & Information Technology

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“…Other techniques use sophisticated statistical procedures, such as Pathfinder (Schvaneveldt, Durso, Goldsmith, Breen & Cooke, 1985) and MDS (Kruskal et al, 1988), as a basis for determining the ways in which mental representations of objects and concepts are linked together.…”

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“…Scaling methods such as Pfnet and MDS have traditionally been used to quantify structures and the dimensions of human knowledge which are used to organize semantic elements (Schvaneveldt, Durso, Goldsmith, Breen, & Cooke, 1985). Converging evidence suggests that these techniques are scientifically valid and rigorous.…”

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Review and Evaluation of Applied Research Techniques for Documenting Cognitive Processes In Air Traffic Control

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“…My first acquaintance with applied issues came when I undertook an analysis of the development of knowledge in fighter pilots around 1980 in collaboration with several colleagues (Schvaneveldt, Durso, Goldsmith, Breen, Cooke, Tucker, & DeMaio, 1985). With my interests in semantics in cognition, this seemed like a natural undertaking.…”

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Finding Meaning in Psychology.

Schvaneveldt¹

2005

Experimental Cognitive Psychology and Its Applications.

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In this chapter, I explore several themes in connection with a selective review of some research problems I have pursued over the years. The study of meaning is a major theme along with issues relating to the goals of scientific psychology and the demands of research on applied problems. Finally, I ponder the role of psychology in the broader scientific endeavor, and I propose a candidate for the psychological level of analysis. MeaningOne of my enduring interests revolves around the study of meaning. Our everyday perception of the world appears direct and meaningful. Our ordinary encounters with language occur largely in dealing with the meanings expressed by language. Although meaning flows naturally from living, finding a rigorous scientific account of this natural ability is a difficult undertaking. My own pursuit of meaning in psychology has followed the path taken by experimental psychology in the last half century. That path curved away from the strict behaviorism that dominated the first half of the 20 th Century toward a new found interest in mental processes and issues in cognitive psychology. Increased concern with applying scientific psychology has accompanied the empirical and theoretical developments. We have seen great strides in applying research in psychology to many practical problems, and the three honorees in this festschrift (Lyle Bourne, Jr., Walter Kintsch, and Tom Landauer) have made many valuable contributions to increasing our understanding of concepts, language comprehension, and complex semantics. The honorees have also been leaders in moving their research into applications. The participants in the festschrift have also contributed greatly to an enhanced understanding of cognition and the application of this knowledge. Now here comes my two-bits worth. ________________ I am grateful to

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Measuring the structure of expertise

Cited by 174 publications

References 18 publications

Linking card sorting to browsing performance – are congruent municipal websites more efficient to use?

Linking card sorting to browsing performance – are congruent municipal websites more efficient to use?

Review and Evaluation of Applied Research Techniques for Documenting Cognitive Processes In Air Traffic Control

Finding Meaning in Psychology.

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