Quote: program size has a strong effect on fault-proneness and other object-oriented metrics; must control for size

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The empirical validations performed thus far would suggest … [object-oriented] metrics is close to being identified. However, none of these … strong size confounding effect and question the results … we perform a study on a large C++ … Our findings indicate that, before controlling for size, … After controlling for size, none of the [object-oriented] metrics we studied were associated with fault-proneness anymore … . [p. 642] researchers in this area … are urged to reexamine their data and determine … studies should always control for size.   Google-1   Google-2

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