Using acceptance tests to predict files changed by programming tasks

RQ3: Is TestI a better code change predictor than RandomI?



TestI outperforms RandomI for predicting changes in controllers and MVC slices



Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test applied to precision and recall measures of ITest and IRandom
Hypothesis pvalue r
TestI-NF precision = RandomI-NF precision 1.0e-72 0.838
TestI-NF recall = RandomI-NF recall 2.7e-43 0.641
TestI-CF precision = RandomI-CF precision 5.2e-54 0.719
TestI-CF recall = RandomI-CF recall 1.0e-01 0.076