Title :
Determination of a dependent variable in the measurement of discrete event computer simulation success
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Syst. & Quantitive Analysis, Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, AR, USA
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to establish the external validity of two general information system instruments. This research seeks to determine if the Davis (1989) measure of User Acceptance of Information Technology and the Doll and Torkzadeh (1988) measure of End-User Computing Satisfaction maintain psychometric stability when used to measure discrete event computer simulation success. The investigation focuses on establishing construct validity, internal validity and reliability. If the hypothesized psychometric properties of these instruments are consistent with prior studies, the use of these instruments can be extended to the measurement of success in discrete event computer simulation.
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; software performance evaluation; End-User Computing Satisfaction; User Acceptance of Information Technology; dependent variable; discrete event computer simulation; external validity; general information system instruments; measurement of success; psychometric stability; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Information analysis; Information systems; Information technology; Instruments; Maintenance; Optical reflection; Psychology; Stability;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1994. Winter
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2109-X
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.1994.717540