Simple-talking database development: Let the end-user design a relational schema by using simple words

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Highlights：

• A user-centered approach to assist end-users design a relational database structure is proposed.

• A prototype end-user development tool that adopts the approach is designed.

• An experiment is conducted on two expertise-related user groups to examine their performance.

• Non experienced users performed a little better than experienced users.

• Gender did not significantly affect performance. Perceived ease of use and usefulness were high.

摘要

•A user-centered approach to assist end-users design a relational database structure is proposed.•A prototype end-user development tool that adopts the approach is designed.•An experiment is conducted on two expertise-related user groups to examine their performance.•Non experienced users performed a little better than experienced users.•Gender did not significantly affect performance. Perceived ease of use and usefulness were high.

论文关键词：Relational database schema design,Database-driven application development,User abstraction,End-user development,End-user behavior

论文评审过程：Available online 19 February 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.002