Effects of structure and label ambiguity on information navigation

We present experimental results showing that search for target items in a three-tiered categorization structure (approximately 8 links per page) is faster than a comparable two-tiered structure provided that the category labels are clear and unambiguous. For items in ambiguous categories, search is faster in the two-tiered structure. Keywords Information architecture, category structures

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2002
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Craig S. Miller, Roger W. Remington
• Keywords: Category Labels, CHI 2002, Comparable Two-tiered Structure, Human Computer Interaction, Three-tiered Categorization Structure