Do Novice Testers Satisfy Technique Prescription? An Empirical Study



Document title: Do Novice Testers Satisfy Technique Prescription? An Empirical Study
Journal: Computación y Sistemas
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000457242
ISSN: 1405-5546
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidad de la República, Computer Science Institute, Montevideo. Uruguay
Year:
Season: Oct-Dic
Volumen: 23
Number: 4
Pages: 1429-1442
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Aplicado, descriptivo
English abstract White box unit testing focus on examining code portions at unit level. Each testing technique considers and examines specific aspects of the code under test. We have studied whether the test case sets developed by novice testers who apply white box techniques meet the coverage criteria they prescribe. We have conducted an experiment that uses the Statement Coverage (SC) and All Uses (AU) techniques. 21 subjects applied the testing techniques under study, 10 applied SC and 11 applied AU. We analyzed the coverage level achieved by each test case set. 9 out of 10 subjects that apply SC managed to meet the coverage criterion prescribed by the technique. However, none of the 11 subjects who used AU did. This result has implications on professional practice and testing teaching and education
Disciplines: Ciencias de la computación
Keyword: Procesamiento de datos,
Programación,
Satisfacción,
Técnicas de prueba,
Pruebas de software,
Cobertura,
Empirismo
Keyword: Data processing,
Programming,
Satisfaction,
Test techniques,
Software tests,
Coverage,
Empiricism
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