Structured Tools and Condiitonal Logic: an Empirical Investigation

Iris Vessey; Ron Weber

Structured Tools and Condiitonal Logic: an Empirical Investigation

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Abstract

An important outcome of recent work on the psychology o f programming has been the recognition that we have a poor understanding of how various programming practices-indenting, commenting, naming, etc.-facilitate or inhibit the programming process. After a fairly extensive series of studies, many results obtained are contradictory and counterintuitive. The major probem seems to be that we have poor theoretical bases to drive the empirical research. In particular, we have little knowledge of the psychological constructs that programmers bring to bear when they perform various programming tasks, and we have little knowledge of what is "natural" for programmers.

Original language	English
Pages	304-303
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 1985
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Information Systems 1985 - Indianapolis, United States of America Duration: 15 Dec 1985 → 18 Dec 1985 Conference number: 6th https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis1985/ (Proceedings)

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Information Systems 1985
Abbreviated title	ICIS 1985
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	Indianapolis
Period	15/12/85 → 18/12/85
Internet address	https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis1985/ (Proceedings)

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