Table 4

Subjects' instructions (group “G1”)

#Task nameTask descriptionObservations
1 IntroductionBasic information about the experiment and corresponding questionnaire/
Basic informationDemographic questions and questions relating to the subject's expertise (e.g. “Are you familiar with the following process modeling notations?”)Gender
Expertise
2First experimental treatmentStandardized diagram/comprehensionSubjects received an example diagram in standardized notation and were instructed to give answers (i.e. “yes”, “no” or “undecided”) to the corresponding statements. Additionally, subjects received an A4 size description of the standardized notationEi(s)
ti(s)
Standardized diagram/modelingSubjects received textual descriptions of corporate conversations and were instructed to create a consistent diagram by using the standardized notationEm(s)
tm(s)
Standardized diagram/TAM statementsSubjects were instructed to provide levels of agreement to Likert-based TAM statements relating to PEOU, PU and ITU with respect to the standardized notationPEOU(s)
PU(s)
ITU(s)
3Second experimental treatmentCCML diagram/comprehensionSubjects received an example diagram in the extended notation and were instructed to provide answers (i.e. “yes,” “no” or “undecided”) for the corresponding statements. Additionally, subjects received an A4 size description of the extended notationEi(e)
ti(e)
CCML diagram/modelingSubjects received textual descriptions of corporate conversations and were instructed to create a consistent diagram in the extended notationEm(e)
tm(e)
CCML diagram/TAM statementsSubjects were instructed to provide levels of agreement to Likert-based statements relating to PEOU, PU and ITU with respect to the extended notationPEOU(e)
PU(e)
ITU(e)

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