Correction of the Software Science Length Estimator Skewnessfor `C' Language Programs

Authors:
Michael G. Gonzales; Phd;Seshadri Paravastu
Affiliations:
Dept. of Communication Systems, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden;Motorola, Inc., Broadband Communications Sector, Horsham, PA 19044;Motorola, Inc., Broadband Communications Sector, Horsham, PA 19044
Venue:
Empirical Software Engineering
Year:
2000

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Abstract

Numerous studies have confirmed the skewnessof Halstead's Software Science Length Estimator (Beser, 1983;Gonzales, 1990). The Length estimator consistently underestimatesthe size of `small' programs (program size 4000 tokens). This paper verifies and correctsthe Halstead Length Estimator skewness for a large collectionof `C' programs of varying sizes.