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Finding Software Test Ideas in Other Boxes

Borrowing Test Techniques from Diverse Fields Noel Nyman, Microsoft Office Project team. Finding Software Test Ideas in Other Boxes. Testing for Warp and Cupping. In listings, tables of statistics, etc., the digit 1 tends to occur with probability, much greater than the expected 11.1% .

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Finding Software Test Ideas in Other Boxes

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  1. Borrowing Test Techniques from Diverse Fields Noel Nyman, Microsoft Office Project team Finding Software Test Ideas in Other Boxes

  2. Testing for Warp and Cupping

  3. In listings, tables of statistics, etc., the digit 1 tends to occur with probability, much greater than the expected 11.1% Benford’s Law

  4. Heuristic to verify calculations based on real-world data • Should we… • Create data weighted on Benford probabilities? • Create data weighted on inverse Benford probabilities? • Ignore Benford and use randomly generated test data? Benford and Software Testing

  5. Questions and/or Comments ?

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