Subjects' instructions (group “G1”)
| # | Task name | Task description | Observations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Basic information about the experiment and corresponding questionnaire | / | |
| Basic information | Demographic questions and questions relating to the subject's expertise (e.g. “Are you familiar with the following process modeling notations?”) | Gender | ||
| Expertise | ||||
| 2 | First experimental treatment | Standardized diagram/comprehension | Subjects 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 notation | Ei(s) |
| ti(s) | ||||
| Standardized diagram/modeling | Subjects received textual descriptions of corporate conversations and were instructed to create a consistent diagram by using the standardized notation | Em(s) | ||
| tm(s) | ||||
| Standardized diagram/TAM statements | Subjects were instructed to provide levels of agreement to Likert-based TAM statements relating to PEOU, PU and ITU with respect to the standardized notation | PEOU(s) | ||
| PU(s) | ||||
| ITU(s) | ||||
| 3 | Second experimental treatment | CCML diagram/comprehension | Subjects 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 notation | Ei(e) |
| ti(e) | ||||
| CCML diagram/modeling | Subjects received textual descriptions of corporate conversations and were instructed to create a consistent diagram in the extended notation | Em(e) | ||
| tm(e) | ||||
| CCML diagram/TAM statements | Subjects were instructed to provide levels of agreement to Likert-based statements relating to PEOU, PU and ITU with respect to the extended notation | PEOU(e) | ||
| PU(e) | ||||
| ITU(e) |
| # | Task name | Task description | Observations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Basic information about the experiment and corresponding questionnaire | / | |
| Basic information | Demographic questions and questions relating to the subject's expertise (e.g. “Are you familiar with the following process modeling notations?”) | Gender | ||
| Expertise | ||||
| 2 | First experimental treatment | Standardized diagram/comprehension | Subjects 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 notation | Ei(s) |
| ti(s) | ||||
| Standardized diagram/modeling | Subjects received textual descriptions of corporate conversations and were instructed to create a consistent diagram by using the standardized notation | Em(s) | ||
| tm(s) | ||||
| Standardized diagram/TAM statements | Subjects were instructed to provide levels of agreement to Likert-based TAM statements relating to PEOU, PU and ITU with respect to the standardized notation | PEOU(s) | ||
| PU(s) | ||||
| ITU(s) | ||||
| 3 | Second experimental treatment | CCML diagram/comprehension | Subjects 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 notation | Ei(e) |
| ti(e) | ||||
| CCML diagram/modeling | Subjects received textual descriptions of corporate conversations and were instructed to create a consistent diagram in the extended notation | Em(e) | ||
| tm(e) | ||||
| CCML diagram/TAM statements | Subjects were instructed to provide levels of agreement to Likert-based statements relating to PEOU, PU and ITU with respect to the extended notation | PEOU(e) | ||
| PU(e) | ||||
| ITU(e) |
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