A preliminary investigation of the effects of FORTRAN data declaration and type conversion features on program comprehension

Technical Report

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Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/j3860g45n

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Creator	Nanja, Murthy Cook, Curtis R.
Abstract	FORTRAN permits both explicit and implicit options for both data declaration and type conversion features. This study investigated the effects of explicit and implicit data declaration and type conversion features on a program comprehension task performed by FORTRAN programmers in an introductory programming course. The results indicated that both factors had significant effects on programmer performance and there was a significant interaction between data declaration and type conversion. In addition, hand-simulation tasks performed by the subjects provided insights on low-level errors made by the novices and misconceptions in the minds of novices.
Resource Type	Technical Report
Date Issued	1986
Academic Affiliation	Computer Science
Series	Technical report (Oregon State University. Department of Computer Science)
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University. Department of Computer Science
Language	English [eng]
File Format	pdf

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