Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

12-1995

Abstract

To the end users, the interface is the system. A better interface not only facilitates end user interaction with the database, it also enables them to formulate queries more efficiently and effectively. Two of the most important user-database interfaces are the conceptual and logical interfaces. With the conceptual interface, the user communicates with tile database system in terms ofentities, objects and relationships. On the other hand, the current user-database interaction is mainly based on the logical interface where the user expresses the queries in terms of relations and join operations. Because the concepts at the logical iliterface are abstract and convoluted to ordinary users, many researchers argue that end users will be better off with the conceptual interface. This research will test this claim by comparing the effects ofconceptual and logical interfaces on the visual query performance of end users. 'Ihe experimental study involves three tests: an initial test, a retention test and a relearning test. This allows us to assess the learning effect over time. 1[he results show that users of the conceptual interface achieve higher acc Iracy, are more confident in their answers, and spend less time on the queries than users of the logical interface in all three tests.

Discipline

Databases and Information Systems

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Areas of Excellence

Digital transformation

Publication

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 95), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 10-13

First Page

225

Last Page

236

Publisher

ICIS

City or Country

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Additional URL

https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis1995/21

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