Validate navigation and findability
Test whether users can find items in your site's hierarchy without visual design influence. Present a text-only tree structure and give participants tasks to complete — measuring where they navigate and whether they succeed.
Success rate, directness score, time to complete, first-click accuracy
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Use tree testing after creating or modifying your site's information architecture. It validates whether users can find what they need using only your navigation labels — without visual design bias. Pair with card sorting: sort first to design the structure, then tree test to validate it.
Start with overall success rate — what percentage of users found the right answer? Check directness scores to see if they navigated straight to the answer or wandered. Examine first-click data to identify misleading labels. Low success on a task means that branch of your tree needs restructuring.
Combine Tree Test with complementary research methods for deeper insights.
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