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An Empirical Study on End-users Productivity Using Model-based Spreadsheets

Human-Computer Interaction 2011-12-20 v1

Abstract

Spreadsheets are widely used, and studies have shown that most end-user spreadsheets contain nontrivial errors. To improve end-users productivity, recent research proposes the use of a model-driven engineering approach to spreadsheets. In this paper we conduct the first systematic empirical study to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of this approach. A set of spreadsheet end users worked with two different model-based spreadsheets, and we present and analyze here the results achieved.

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@article{arxiv.1112.4190,
  title  = {An Empirical Study on End-users Productivity Using Model-based Spreadsheets},
  author = {Laura Beckwith and Jácome Cunha and João Paulo Fernandes and João Saraiva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.4190},
  year   = {2011}
}

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14 Pages, 9 Colour Figures, 2 Tables; Proc. European Spreadsheet Risks Int. Grp. (EuSpRIG) 2011, ISBN 978-0-9566256-9-4

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