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Correction of the Halstead length estimator skew for small pascal programs
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Volume 17 ,  Issue 2  (January 1990) table of contents
Pages: 57 - 59  
Year of Publication: 1990
ISSN:0163-5999
Author
Michael G. Gonzales
Publisher
ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

A number of studies have confirmed the length dependent skewness of Halstead's Software Science length estimator. This paper examines the skewness for small Pascal programs. A new model developed by Nicholas Beser in 1983 corrects the length dependent skew. The parameters for this model as applied to small Pascal programs are obtained in the paper. Verification of the correction of skewness, along with a comparison of the variability of the two estimators, are also examined.


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Nicholas David Beser, Foundations and experiments in software science (halstead), 1983
 
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CITED BY
Michael G. Gonzales , Phd , Seshadri Paravastu, Correction of the Software Science Length Estimator Skewnessfor `C' Language Programs, Empirical Software Engineering, v.5 n.2, p.155-159, June 2000
Collaborative Colleagues:
Michael G. Gonzales: colleagues

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