Experimental Models for Validating Technology

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Experimental Models for Validating Technology

• Marvin Zelkowitz and Dolores Wallace
• IEEE Computer May 98

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Terminology

• experiment
• factor
• treatment
• subject
• replication

• Blocking
• factorial design
• local control
• influence
• passive
• active
• temporal

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Class Discussion

• What are some proposed theories that should be
  proved?

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Group Discussion

• What kind of experiment should be used for each?

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Class Discussion

• Describe which of the desired theories could be
  tested with controlled experiments
• replicated
• synthetic
• dynamic analysis
• simulation

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Group Task (turn in)

• Design an experiment to test whether decreasing
  McCabes complexity number (one plus the number
  of decisions in the program) decreases the number
  of faults in a program