Download or read book Empirical Studies of Programmers written by Elliot Soloway and published by Intellect (UK). This book was released on 1986 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume studies programmers to gain insights to facilitate improved productivity and quality software. The chapters cover a range of topics including cognitive models of programming; measuring program complexity; the effects of program style and structure on program comprehension, production and maintenance; documentation; the effects of control structures and data structures on program comprehension, production and maintenance; evaluations of program design and construction methodologies; teaching strategies; and assessment of programmer abilities.