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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 11 , Issue 1 (January 1968) table of contents

Pages: 3 - 11

Year of Publication: 1968

ISSN:0001-0782

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H. Sackman	System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA
W. J. Erikson	System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA
E. E. Grant	System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Keywords:
analysis of variance, basic programming knowledge test, debugging effectiveness, experienced programmer study, factor analysis application, online vs. offline performance, programmer individual differences, programmer trainee performance, programmer/computer communication, programming cost effectiveness, programming experimental-empirical studies, programming performance, time sharing vs. batch processing

Collaborative Colleagues:

H. Sackman: colleagues

W. J. Erikson: colleagues

E. E. Grant: colleagues

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