Validation in the Software Metric Development Process

摘要

In this paper the validation of software metrics will be examined. Two approacheswill be combined: representational measurement theory and a validation network scheme. The development process of a software metric will be described, together with validities for three phases of the metric development process. Representation axioms from measurement theory are used both for the formal and empirical validation. The differentiation of validities according to these phases unifies several validation approaches found in the software metric's literature. (Copyright (c) 1995 University of Twente).