Quote: Halstead's 'length' formula worked best for medium sized programs; small modules had a wide variance; very small were half as estimated

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For our products counted so far [1637 modules with total length of 3.63 million in IBM 360/370 assembler and PL/S (half/half)], the length formula (number 3) seems to work best in … [small modules (100-2000 length) had a wide variance a little below predicted value (-150% to +50%), large modules ranged from -20% to +50%. ... [p. 182] Very small modules, with less than 100 total operators and … [length] … than N.   Google-1   Google-2

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