Software Testing Paradoxes

I've found an interesting article in MSDN magazine. It describes several paradoxes that can occur during software testing process.

1. Simpson's paradox demonstrates that conclusions of several data sets can differ from conclusions of a combined data set. Thus, the test result summary does not necessarily represents the same as the original uncombined data.

2. Braess's paradox may arise during network performance testing and states that adding capacity to a network can actually reduce the performance.

3. Parrondo's paradox assumes that when combined, two completely independent but faulty systems can make up a correct system.

The article is free to read here:

Software Testing Paradoxes

Enjoy reading!

About Debasis Pradhan

Debasis has over a decade worth of exclusive experience in the field of Software Quality Assurance, Software Development and Testing. He writes here to share some of his interesting experiences with fellow testers.