Andrew Is a Software Tester

question 73

Essay

Andrew is a software tester. He runs through the same types of programs day after day looking for bugs and reporting them. He is taking night classes on programming. Often, he knows the best solution to many of the bugs, but he is still learning to code. Describe two job characteristics that Andrew is striving to improve, and explain two ways that Andrew's manager can redesign his current job to help him reach his goals.

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Definitions:

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a set of data.

Median

The median is the value that lies at the center of a dataset when it is organized in ascending or descending order, splitting the set into two equal parts.

Standard Deviation

A metric that gauges the spread or deviation of a dataset in relation to its average, showing the extent to which the data points are scattered.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all the values by the number of values.