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Title

On the use of the classification-tree method by beginning software testers

Author(s)

Yu, Yuen T.;  Poon, Pak L.;  Ng, Sebastian P.;  Chen, Tsong Y.

Abstract

The classification-tree method is a black box testing method first introduced by Grochtmann and Grimm and recently enhanced by Chen et al. to become an integrated methodology. This paper describes a case study through which we attempt to understand the methods used by novice software testers to test their own programs, as well as their perception of the classification-tree method. The subjects of this study were advanced undergraduate students at a university with one year full-time working experience in the software industry. Our study found that white box testing methods were initially far more popular than black box methods, but the majority of them were convinced of the benefits of the classification-tree method after they have learned and used it.

Publication type

Conference paper

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. School of Information Technology

Source

Proceedings of the 2003 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 9-12 March 2003, Melbourne, Florida, USA, pp. 1123-1127

Publication year

2003

Keyword(s)

Black box testing;  Classification-tree method;  Partition testing;  Software testing;  Specification-based testing

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

Format

pp. 1123-1127

ISSN

1 58113 624 2

Publisher URL

Proceedings of the 2003 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 9-12 March 2003, Melbourne, Florida, USA

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/952532.952751

Copyright

© 2003 ACM.

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