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Conceptual modeling is well suited as a subject that constitutes the “core” of the Information Systems (IS) discipline and has grown in response to IS development. Several modeling grammars and methods have been studied extensively in the IS discipline. Previous studies, however, present deficiencies in research methods and even put forward contradictory results about the ternary relationship in conceptual modeling. For instance, some studies contend that the semantics of a binary relationship are better for novices, but others argue that a ternary relationship is better than three binary relationships when the association among three entity types clearly exists. The objective of this research is to acquire complete and accurate understanding of the ternary relationship, specifically to understand practitioners’ modeling performance when utilizing either a ternary or binary relationship. To the best of our knowledge, no previous work clearly compares real-world modeler performance differences between binary and ternary representations. By investigating practitioners’ understanding of ternary relationship and identifying practitioners’ cognition, this research can broaden the perspective on conceptual modeling.

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ABSTRACT
 Ⅰ. Introduction
 Ⅱ. Background Research
  2.1. Previous Research
  2.2. Theory of Ontological Clarity
 Ⅲ. Research Method
  3.1. Design and Measures
  3.2. Materials
  3.3. Participants
  3.4. Procedures
 Ⅳ. Results
  4.1. Data Scoring
  4.2. Reliability Assessment
  4.3. Quantitative Data Analysis
  4.4. Qualitative Data Analysis
 V. Discussion
  5.1. Conclusion
  5.2. Limitations and Future Research Directions
 

저자

• Jihae Suh [ 서지혜 | Research Professor, Seoul National University Big Data Institute, Korea ] Corresponding author
• Jinsoo Park [ 박진수 | Professor, Management Information Systems at School of Business, Seoul National University, Korea ]
• Buomsoo Kim [ 김범수 | Master's Student, Management Information Systems at School of Business, Seoul National University, Korea ]
• Hamirahanim Abdul Rahman [ Ph.D. Candidate, Management Information Systems at School of Business, Seoul National University, Korea ]

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