Book chapter
Positive test bias in software testing among professionals: A review
Human-Computer Interaction, pp.210-218
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Berlin Heidelberg
05/28/2005
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-57433-6_50
Abstract
Fundamental but virtually unexplored issues in human-computer interaction involve the roles of biases in software engineering tasks. In studies of naturalistic testing tasks, as well as ones which follow common laboratory models in this area, we have found ample evidence that testers have positive test bias. This bias is manifest as a tendency to execute about four times as many positive tests, designed to show that “the program works,” as tests which challenge the program. In our prior work, we have found that the expertise of the subjects, the completeness of the software specifications, and the presence/absence of program errors may reduce positive test bias. Skilled computer scientists invent specifications to test in the absence of actual specifications, but still exhibit positive test bias.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Positive test bias in software testing among professionals: A review
- Creators
- Laura Marie LeventhalBarbee M TeasleyDiane S RohlmanKeith Instone
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Human-Computer Interaction, pp.210-218
- Series
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- DOI
- 10.1007/3-540-57433-6_50
- eISSN
- 1611-3349
- ISSN
- 0302-9743
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Berlin, Heidelberg
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/28/2005
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; International Programs; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984214686402771
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