{"id":1381,"date":"2025-05-12T11:24:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8091\/how-do-i-interpret-the-results-of-a-card-sorting-study\/how-do-i-interpret-the-cards-analysis-in-card-sorting\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T07:16:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:16:42","slug":"analysis-cards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/card-sorting-results\/analysis-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I interpret the Cards Analysis in Card Sorting?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text-block\">This section covers how to use the Cards analysis to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>View which categories cards were sorted into<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get a PDF Export of Cards analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"view-which-categories-cards-were-sorted-into\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">View which categories cards were sorted into<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"view-which-categories-cards-were-sorted-into\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>The Cards analysis displays the list of all cards in your Card Sorting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each card contains its name and the number of categories it was sorted into.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By default, the cards are ordered by the number of&nbsp;<strong>Categories<\/strong>&nbsp;in descending order; however, the order can be changed by clicking the header&nbsp;<strong>Categories.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The table is sorted by the column with an arrow in its header. Arrow down means descending order and arrow up means ascending order.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press&nbsp;<strong>+ Show categories<\/strong>&nbsp;to display a list of all categories the chosen card was sorted into.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The list of card&#8217;s categories contains the&nbsp;<strong>Category name<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Freq.<\/strong>&nbsp;(how many times the card was sorted into this category), and&nbsp;<strong>Avg. pos.<\/strong>&nbsp;(the average position of the card within this category).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As with the cards list, the order of categories can be changed by clicking&nbsp;<strong>Freq.<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>Avg. pos.<\/strong>&nbsp;in the table&#8217;s header.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click&nbsp;<strong>Fullscreen<\/strong>&nbsp;to display the card results in fullscreen mode.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the search bar to search for cards and categories.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In open or hybrid card sort, click&nbsp;<strong>Choose preset<\/strong>&nbsp;and select a preset you&#8217;ve created in&nbsp;<a href=\"\/help\/card-sorting-results\/analysis-categories\/\">Categories analysis<\/a>&nbsp;to display your standardized categories instead of categories defined by the respondents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"image-block\">    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-28.png\" alt=\"Card list\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Card list<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>Understand the concepts behind cards by analyzing the categories they were sorted into. This particular article, &#8220;Birds and the bees or how to give &#8216;The Talk'&#8221; from our case study, seems to have been rather easy to sort with certainty, as most respondents placed it into the &#8216;School age&#8217; category, even if a few respondents preferred other categories instead.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"get-a-pdf-export-of-cards-analysis\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Get a PDF Export of Cards analysis<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"get-a-pdf-export-of-cards-analysis\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"text-block\">You can create a PDF report of all the information listed above, exactly like you can see in the web interface. To create an export, click&nbsp;<strong>PDF Export<\/strong>&nbsp;in the upper right corner of the tab contents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text-block\">If you wish to create a report using more than one section of your study&#8217;s results, go to the&nbsp;<a href=\"\/help\/card-sorting-results\/tab-export\/\">Export tab<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This section covers how to use the Cards analysis to: You can create a PDF report of all the information listed above, exactly like you can see in the web interface. To create an export, click&nbsp;PDF Export&nbsp;in the upper right corner of the tab contents. 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