Print Email Facebook Twitter XLBlocks: On the Effect of a Visual Language on Formula Creation and Comprehension in Spreadsheets Title XLBlocks: On the Effect of a Visual Language on Formula Creation and Comprehension in Spreadsheets Author Jansen, B. (TU Delft Software Engineering) Contributor van Deursen, A. (promotor) Hermans, Felienne (copromotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2022-09-12 Abstract The use of spreadsheets in industry is widespread. Their outcomes are often used to substantiate critical business decisions. Unfortunately, spreadsheets are also error-prone. Consequently, companies risk making decisions based on inaccurate information, which eventually could lead to loss of money and reputation.This dissertation investigates to what extent a visual language could support professional spreadsheet users in interacting with complex formulas. We divided our research into two phases. In the first phase, we try to understand better how spreadsheets are used in three ways... Subject End-User ProgrammingSpreadsheetsBlock-based languages To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:2df1b141-cd35-41e8-abde-9910134bbda0 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2022 B. Jansen Files PDF XLBlocks_On_the_Effect_of ... sheets.pdf 15.26 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:2df1b141-cd35-41e8-abde-9910134bbda0/datastream/OBJ/view