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Empirical Research in Software Engineering
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Empirical Research in Software Engineering

by Ruchika Malhotra
March 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
498 pages
18h 20m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
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75Software Metrics
3.4.3 Testing Metrics
Testing metrics are used to capture the progress and level of testing for a given software.
The amount of testing done is measured by using the test coverage metrics. These metrics
can be used to measure the various levels of coverage, such as statement, path, condition,
and branch, and are given below:
1. The percentage of statements covered while testing is dened by statement cover-
age metric.
2. The percentage of branches covered while testing the source code is dened by
branch coverage metric.
3. The percentage of operations covered while testing the source code is dened by
operation covera
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ISBN: 9781498719735