期刊名称：Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1547-5840
电子版ISSN：1547-5867
出版年度：2007
卷号：4
页码：105-123
出版社：Informing Science Institute
摘要：This research concerns a practical on-line analytic processing (OLAP) project given to 2nd year
information systems major students. They were required to analyse two sets of sales data with
two different OLAP software tools, and report both on their findings and on their experiences of
working with the two products. Students then completed a validated instrument with questions
about each OLAP tool, and data was analysed to assess whether proposed relationships in an
adapted technology acceptance model (TAM) were supported. For each OLAP product the cognitive
instrumental factors of result demonstrability, output quality, job relevance and perceived
ease of use were found to be positively related to perceived usefulness. This supported local and
international studies of business users. Facilitating conditions affected perceived ease of use, but
anxiety played no significant role. Qualitative student experiences and perceptions are briefly
commented on, and suggestions made about future OLAP projects.
关键词：OLAP, business intelligence, technology acceptance, student project
