Communicating with decision tables, flowcharts, and prose

Authors:
T. C. Willoughby;A. D. Arnold
Affiliations:
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania;The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Venue:
ACM SIGMIS Database
Year:
1972

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ACM '80 Proceedings of the ACM 1980 annual conference

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Abstract

Prose, flowcharts, and decision tables are three techniques which can be used to describe process flows. Since they can be used to communicate actions and alternatives to people, one should be able to measure their effectiveness as communication aids. This study compared the ability of unsophisticated users to solve simple problems stated in each of the three forms.