RE: [re-online] Application of Formal Methods in Software Requirements Specification

From: Keith Collyer (Keith.Collyer@telelogic.com)
Date: Sat Mar 12 2005 - 07:41:53 EST



Deirdre wrote:

> Keith Collyer stated "Easier to comprehend, yes, but I would
> also want to know whether their comprehension was more accurate."
>
> I have difficulty here in seeing the difference between "easier to
> comprehend" and "whether their comprehension was more accurate", as I
regard
> those who comprehend a specification more accurately, as those who
find it
> "easier to comprehend". I used the scores each participant achieved
from
> answering a multiple choice questionnaire to measure
> comprehensibility. So surely the group who scored better would have
> had a more accurate understanding of the specification, and thus found
it easier
> to comprehend.

I didn't realise that from the earlier message. It wasn't clear to me how "ease of comprehension" was measured, and I interpreted it (clearly wrongly) to mean by some subjective assessment. Thank you, Deirdre, for clearing this up!

Regards

Keith Collyer

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