Tsh. Teo et Je. Lee-partridge, Effects of error factors and prior incremental practice on spreadsheet error detection: an experimental study, OMEGA-INT J, 29(5), 2001, pp. 445-456
Previous research has shown that spreadsheet errors are common and are not
easily detected. In this paper, an experiment was conducted to examine the
rate of detection of both quantitative errors and qualitative errors in two
domain-free spreadsheets. A detailed list and explanation of the types of
common spreadsheet errors are presented. Results showed that the ability to
detect various types of errors appears to be dependent on the type and pro
minence of errors as well as prior incremental practice with spreadsheet er
ror detection. Implications of the findings are discussed. (C) 2001 Elsevie
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