The scientific method and software testing integrated into the same lesson

Context: Scientific software plays an important role in critical decision making, for example making weather predictions based on climate models, and computation of evidence for research publications. Recently, scientists have had to retract ...

Scientific software is more difficult to test than many other software products, but scientists are not usually trained in software engineering techniques. Considering how often software is used to produce scientific results, how can we be sure the ...

The authors describe a code testing exercise with an example of scientific software. As part of their analysis of the exercise, they examined four dimensions of testing: context, goals, technique, and adequacy. They started the exercise with approaches ...