Random Testing versus Partition Testing

Abstract

The difference between Partition Testing and Random Testing has been thoroughlyinvestigated theoretically. In this thesis we present a practical study ofthe differences between random testing and partition testing. Thestudy is performed on the open-source project Buddi with JUnit and Randoop as test tools. The comparisonis made with respect to coverage rate and fault rate. The resultsare discussed and analyzed. The observed differences are statisticallysignificant at the 10% level with respect to coverage rate, in favour ofpartition testing, and not statistically significant at the 10% level withrespect to the fault rate.