{"id":35,"date":"2019-12-24T04:25:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T04:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/?p=35"},"modified":"2022-09-22T12:43:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T07:13:05","slug":"scientific-approach-to-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/scientific-approach-to-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific approach to testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A scientific approach is about stating a problem, coming up with hypothesis and then&nbsp;proving\/disproving them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"385\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/scientific_approach.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/scientific_approach.png 385w, https:\/\/stagsoftware.com\/hbtcentral\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/scientific_approach-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scientific_method\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the context of testing, we state the problem in terms of end user expectations and then hypothesize potential types of defects that may be probable and then prove their presence. 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