%0 Journal Article
%T Pair versus Solo Programming - An Experience Report from a Course on Design of Experiments in Software Engineering
%A Omar S. Gandoacute
%A mez
%A Josandeacute
%A L. Batanduacute
%A n
%A Raanduacute
%A l A. Aguilar
%J International Journal of Computer Science Issues
%D 2013
%I IJCSI Press
%X This paper presents an experience report about an experiment that evaluates duration and effort of pair and solo programming. The experiment was performed as part of a course on Design of Experiments (DOE) in Software Engineering (SE) at Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY). A total of 21 junior student subjects enrolled in the bachelor's degree program in SE participated in the experiment. During the experiment, subjects (7 pairs and 7 solos) wrote two small programs in two sessions. Results show a significant difference (at alpha=0.1) in favor of pair programming regarding duration (28% decrease), and a significant difference (at alpha=0.1) in favor of solo programming with respect to effort (30% decrease). With only a difference of 1%, our results regarding duration and effort are practically the same as those reported by Nosek in 1998.
%K Software Engineering
%K Pair Programming
%K Design of Experiments
%K Latin Square Design
%K Experimentation
%K Experience Report
%K IJCSI
%U http://www.ijcsi.org/papers/IJCSI-10-1-1-734-742.pdf