Journal article
Acquiring information from linkography in protocol studies of designing
Design studies, v 29(4), pp 315-337
01 Jul 2008
Abstract
This paper proposes methods to acquire information from linkography in protocol studies. The paper commences with an introduction of linkography together with its use and then presents two cases of collaborative designing. A qualitative analysis of these cases and their linkographs is presented. Two different strategies to abstract information from the linkographs are described: one based on clustering and the other based on Shannon's entropy. The abstracted information is interpreted and mapped to the qualitative analysis of the protocols. The results are promising; cluster analysis is able to group the linkograph into meaningful clusters, while entropy measures the opportunities for idea development of a team and can also reflect the opportunistic contributions of individual participants.
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- Title
- Acquiring information from linkography in protocol studies of designing
- Creators
- Jeff W.T. Kan - The University of SydneyJohn S. Gero - Institute for Advanced Study
- Publication Details
- Design studies, v 29(4), pp 315-337
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Number of pages
- 23
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000258218600001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-46649094990
- Other Identifier
- 991022156314404721