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Understanding and supporting end-user debugging strategies

Creator:: Grigoreanu, Valentina I.
Abstract:: End users' programs are fraught with errors, costing companies millions of dollars. One reason may be that researchers and tool designers have not yet focused on end-user debugging strategies. To investigate this possibility, this dissertation presents eight empirical studies and a new strategy-based end-user debugging tool for Excel, called StratCel....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Valentina I. Grigoreanu for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science presented on December 1

An investigation of the on-line debugging process of expert and novice student programmers

Creator:: Nanja, Murthi
Abstract:: Debugging, the process of locating and correcting errors in a computer program, is a common programming task that is not well understood. Of the several debugging studies reported in the literature, most compared the performance differences between expert and novice programmers by measuring their debug time and the number of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: approved: Curtis R. Cook Debugging, the process of locating and correcting errors in a computer program

Interactive fault localization techniques to empower the debugging efforts of end-user programmers

Creator:: Ruthruff, Joseph Ronald
Abstract:: End users develop more software than any other group of programmers, using software authoring devices such as e-mail filtering editors, by-demonstration macro builders, and spreadsheet environments. Despite this, there has been only a little research on finding ways to help these programmers with the dependability of the software they create....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: degree of Master of Sciencein Computer Science presented on July 23, 2004. Title: Interactive Fault

Garbage in, garbage out? An empirical look at oracle mistakes by end-user programmers

Creator:: Phalgune, Amit
Abstract:: End-user programmers, because they are human, make mistakes. However, past research has not considered how visual end-user debugging devices could be designed to ameliorate the effects of mistakes. This paper empirically examines oracle mistakes mistakes users make about which values are right and which are wrong to reveal differences in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Amit D Phalgune for the degree of Master of Science in Computer

Mutant census : an empirical examination of the competent programmer hypothesis

Creator:: Gopinath, Rahul, Jensen, Carlos (Computer scientist), Groce, Alex, and Oregon State University. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract:: Mutation analysis is often used to compare the effectiveness of different test suites or testing techniques. One of the main assumptions underlying this technique is the Competent Programmer Hypothesis, which proposes that programs are very close to a correct version, or that the difference between current and correct code for...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: connection between mutant detection and detection of actual program faults in a larger body of real programs

An investigation of the relationship between cognitive style and the diagnostic skills of novice COBOL student programmers

Creator:: Cavaiani, Thomas P.
Abstract:: For the past thirty years the majority of the research on the cognitive demands of learning computer programming has assumed that successful computer programmers display certain aptitudes. Some researchers indicate that studies linking different prerequisite profiles of abilities to different programming outcomes are needed. Such research might dispel many of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Effects of interruption-style on end-user programmers

Creator:: Robertson, T. J. (Thomas James)
Abstract:: This thesis presents the results of two studies that investigate the question of what interruption-styles are most appropriate for end-user programmers who are debugging programs. In the studies, end-user programmers are presented with surprises that encourage them to investigate, use, and learn about debugging devices in their programming environment. We...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Master of Science in Computer Science presented on 2/26/2004 Title: Effects of Interruption-Style on End

Generalizing the Idea Garden : Principles and Contexts

Creator:: Jernigan, William
Abstract:: In previous work, the Idea Garden was created to help those relatively new to programming overcome their barriers in CoScripter. The goal of this thesis was to generalize the Idea Garden's success to other users and environments. We present a set of principles on how to help EUPs like this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF William Jernigan for the degree of Master of Science in Computer

Novel approaches to promoting end-user programming

Creator:: Bahmani, Faezeh
Abstract:: End-user programming has become widespread. The increasing size of this population and the prevalence of barriers that they face has sparked the development of approaches that promote end-user programing by helping them overcome barriers and teaching them programming. Despite the fact that these approaches have done well in achieving those...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Faezeh Bahmani for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science

Eliciting informal specifications from scientific modelers for evaluation and debugging

Creator:: Bogart, Christopher
Abstract:: Professional software engineers have an arsenal of techniques such as unit testing and assertions to check their specifications, but these techniques require tools, motivation, experience and training that programmers without professional software engineering training may not have. As a result, professionals in other fields, such as scientific modelers, face greater...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science presented on June 7, 2013. Title: Eliciting

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Understanding and supporting end-user debugging strategies

An investigation of the on-line debugging process of expert and novice student programmers

Interactive fault localization techniques to empower the debugging efforts of end-user programmers

Garbage in, garbage out? An empirical look at oracle mistakes by end-user programmers

Mutant census : an empirical examination of the competent programmer hypothesis

An investigation of the relationship between cognitive style and the diagnostic skills of novice COBOL student programmers

Effects of interruption-style on end-user programmers

Generalizing the Idea Garden : Principles and Contexts

Novel approaches to promoting end-user programming

Eliciting informal specifications from scientific modelers for evaluation and debugging

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