Advantages Of Exploratory Testing

Advantages Of Exploratory Testing
Every tester whether consciously or unconsciously has done exploratory testing at some point in their career. Exploratory testing is about exploring the
system and encouraging real–time and practical thinking of a tester.
In layman terms, exploratory testing involves concurrent test case design and test execution of Application or system under test. The tester will create
or write down a test idea to give direction, and explore the system while testing to further create critical, practical and useful tests for the successful
testing of the application. As we all know, a learner will learn better with hands–on experience rather than cramming the theory. Same way, a tester will
know the application better while exploring and learning about all...show more content...
The fundamental strategy of exploratory testing is to a have a plan of attack. Start testing with your idea and improvise new test cases based on your
knowledge and observation.
Exploratory Testing approach
Make use of heuristics to guide testing
Test cases execution and test case creation go hand in hand
Test cases keeps on evolving based on tester observation and learning
Different testing techniques like Boundary value analysis, equivalence testing etc. can be applied with ET
Session based ET can be used to make it more structured and focused.
Testers can branch out there ideas but never stray from your mission
ET testing do not use scripts, instead depends on tester intuition, skill and experience
Benefits of Exploratory Testing
Promote real time thinking and helps in uncovering more defects
Promote use cases and scenario based testing
Minimal documentation, maximum testing
Emphasis is more on learning and broadening the horizon of
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Exploratory Studies
This is an exploratory workshop which I aim through to stimulate and foster qualitative analysis of a part of my visual data from my on going PhD
study. I am looking for western perspectives; academics who are interested in/familiar with European paintings e.g. 19th cent era (no expertise
required). A number of C3RI scholars from different fields are invited. Your contribution is much appreciated, and will be acknowledged in my thesis.
It shall take1.5 to 2 hours, refreshments are provided

Exploratory Research
Methods and Designs
Many of the research methods for which the research we have reviewed is classified as either exploratory or constructive. Rape culture, victim blaming,
and rape myths encompass more gray areas (uncertainties) than mere black (wrong) and white (right) understandings. As few of the studies specifically
sought to gain insight in what is considered consent, therefore they exploratory research wanting to purely define and identify the miscommunication
and mixed opinions of interpretations of consent, as they consider this to be a root to the problem of rape (16p.907)(8p.470)(19p.518). A couple other
studies we found went a different route and chose to test theories they had relating to rape and then went on to propose solutions...show more content...
A fair share of qualitative and quantitative research was conducted in an attempt to adequately address the specific questions that were being asked.
All of the research we reviewed used primary data and chose not to utilize secondary data to conduct their experiments, however, several of the
studies references secondary data sources when speaking of historical backgrounds of rape and in their discussions. The methods our group has
chosen to pay particular interest to are those that were used to gather data from participants at college campuses, as this is the population we wish to
further explore. Due to women of college age being at an increased risk for sexual violence, several of the studies we found pursued out this
population as well. A study conducted at James Madison University gathered their findings from a participant pool at their university using the Illinois
Rape Myth Acceptance Scale, the Modern and Old–Fashion Sexism Scale, and rape scenarios and questions in which they evaluating participants
identification with either the victim or the assailant (12p.242) This study was not alone in using the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale as measure.
In fact, of the research reviewed seven other studies utilized the scale in addition to the research done at

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EXPLORATORY RESEARCH REPORT
Contents Introduction and background3 Importance of the research3 Scope of the report3 Research problem/question & Objectives3 Method4
Methodological considerations and assumptions4 Sample considerations5 Data collection and framework, and analytical considerations5 Ethical
considerations5 Analysis5 Findings and Recommendations6 Limitations7 References8 APPENDIX A9 APPENDIX B26
Introduction and background
Importance of the research As a marketing manager, it is important to know consumers' attitude towards a certain product which then leads to the
intension to purchase and the actual behaviour. The importance of this research is to predict intention of the behaviour, which...show more content...
Given that the research problem in this report is ambiguous, the basic research method adopted is exploratory research. The role of exploratory research
is to clarify and define a problem at the initial stage of the research. Zikmund, Ward, Lowe, Winzar and Babin (2011), suggest that exploratory research
is not intended to provide conclusive evidence and is conducted with the expectation that subsequent research will be required to provide such
conclusive evidence. Thus, exploratory research is the foundation of the research process which will lead to descriptive research, and maybe causal
research.
There are many exploratory methods that can be used to conduct research. These include field studies, action research, depth interviews, focus groups
and desk research. This exploratory research utilised one qualitative method to collect data, which will help gain an insight of the research problem
before further research is performed. The method chosen was 'in–depth interviews' which are relatively unstructured and extensive interviews in which
the interviewer asks many questions and probes for in–depth answers (Zikmund, Ward, Lowe, Winzar, & Babin; 2011). Zikmund, Ward, Lowe,
Winzar, and Babin, (2011) also suggest that there is no one perfect method which can meet all research objectives.
In–depth interviews have been conducted with four members of the public who currently live in Australia and

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Exploratory, Descriptive, and Causal Research Designs
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It isn't designed to come up with final answers or decisions. Through exploratory research, researchers hope to produce hypotheses about what is
going on in a situation. hypothesis A hypothesis is a A statement that statement that dedescribes how two or more variables are scribes how two or
more variables are related. related. For example, if sales for a particular line of vehicles dropped during the latest quarter, as a researcher you might
use exploratory research to provide insights about what caused the decrease in revenue. Suppose that you conducted interviews with potential car
buyers and noticed that they seemed to be more excited about the new styles of other car brands than they were about the brand in question. This might
lead to the hypothesis that style preferences had changed, resulting in lower sales. You can't really confirm or reject the hypothesis with exploratory
research, though. That job is left for descriptive
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and/or causal research (these are often called quantitative research). This is an important point, so we'll stress it again: Exploratory

Exploratory Observation
The goal of this exploratory research was to uncover students' idea of productivity. I wanted to have a better understanding of what my students thought
was a good use or a bad use of their time. To better understand my students, I held discussions, administered surveys, conducted interviews, and
recorded personal observations. Both Lancaster (2009) and Betz & Kayser (2017) conducted research that mainly looked at students' opinions on their
day–to–day school lives. Betz and Kayser's (2017) research emphasized the lack of children input in a research setting and how important it is to gain
their perspective. However, collecting the children's perspective is not to then compare it with the responses of adults; it is solely to have the perspective

An Exploratory Case Study
Crime has always been prevalent in the United States. The media will always portray of how immigrants are lacking loyalty to the United States and
may be a threat to national security. Another, is how gang members grown by 25% (antatisa chapter 11) and being labeled as urban terrorist by the
community with the fear that they will harm society. Although, criminal activities are present and highly concentrated in a community, The UCR's 2014
Crime stats shown a decrease in violent crime rates by .2% and property crimes by 4.3% compared to 2013 crimes. Despite crime rates going down
national, Baltimore's crime rates are on the surge and pasting the number of Detroit in homicide, violence, and other criminal acts. A crime that is going
to be focused...show more content...
There are no education or awareness programs to help notify of the residents of what is happening in the area. If they were education programs, it will
help notify people of the issue and take responsibility to take action. The education program can help parents and citizens how to approach the situation
and solve it. Another she mention is allocating budgets for child protection. If the government get involved and use their budget to help reduce child
extortion, it will be able to the community in better understanding the issue. It can be providing programs on T.V or poster to help them see the issue
of the problem. Finally that there should be a reporting system that citizens can call to report to the

Exploratory Model
The ebbs and flows of relationships develop in breadth and depth of incremental intimate topics. The prickly outer layer of an artichoke seems
intimidating but it delves out tiny morsels, requiring more attention as we access each layers. In the Orientation stage, we resemble the outer bracts
guarding the heart of the artichoke. There are parallel overlapping layers, with a discrepancy between an ideal portrayed self and actual identity. The
bracts open up as we access the protective distal layers governed by opposing needs to reveal and conceal information of one self. In the Exploratory
Effective stage, we examine the role of interaction on the other party's responses. It leads to validation if the person to whom we disclose to react...show
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The exocarp represents the peripheral layer of the fruit, which look flimsy to seek for further understanding of the inner layers of the fruit. Slicing the
tomato in longitudinal section, we observed two chambers. Like a four grid panes, we can apply the Johari Window in our interactions to four areas
known as open, blind, hidden and unknown. In the open area lies a level of transparency for what is visible to one's self and others. The blind area
contains the unsighted traits visible to others, but this area is reduced through active feedback solicitation. The hidden area remains veiled when there
is a conscious disclosure of public information, which elicits lesser intimate responses than that of private information. The unknown area contains
repressed feelings that once arose from traumatic experiences, which remains private. Over time, information disclosure is central to liking if the other
party reciprocates the exchange of self–disclosure and favors a reward–cost balance. Between the outer layer and the seeds of the tomato, the mesocarp
is the juicy portion we consume, where it contains in depth information and reveals the inner self of an individual when shared intimacy

Exploratory Summary
Graham et al. (2012) explores a meta–examination of the written work intercession writing, centering our endeavors on genuine and semi tests with an
end goal to distinguish powerful instructional practices for instructing written work to elementary students (Graham et al., 2012). The article focused
on meta–investigation of test and semi exploratory written work studies directed with elementary students (Graham et al., 2012). The authors
contributed tables which displayed the effect sizes and results for written treatment. Graham et al. (2012) distribute several strategies that educators can
implement in their classrooms. Some strategies included strategy instruction, grammar instruction, scaffolding, assessing writing, prewriting, and peer

Exploratory Practice Research
1.– According to the views of the participant teachers, what were the benefits and challenges of taking part of the project?
According to Teacher–research as continuing professional development a project with Chilean secondary school teachers there is a major benefit to
participate in the project, which is the ability to improve their ability to diagnose the hidden reason to a particular problem in the classroom, in order
to change the approach, or to direct to the source of it. By practicing what I believe is an exploratory practice research; they grow as reflexive
in–service teachers and increasing their academic skills in the research field. However, no matter the benefits they might get from projects like the one
explained in the text, the overloaded schedules restrain teachers from broadening their careers to EP or AR areas. Furthermore, as they don't have
much background on how to do and write one, they are afraid to adventure themselves on this field.
2.– Based on your observations at the school
Is the reality described in article similar to your own teaching context?
Regarding the contrast between the realities described in the article and the one I am immersed in there are differences such as the number of students
in the classroom. The general rule is to work in crowded classrooms with...show more content...
The next step would be changing the manner in which the teacher addresses each student, consequently, they wouldn't respond in a defensive way
when asked to do an activity. This measure would be reinforced with the orientation class, in which they could learn new ways to cope with their
environment successfully. Another possibility would be to observe the effect of pair work during the semester in thelearning of

Exploratory Qualitative Research
Pearce, M.J., Coan, A.D., Herndon II, J.E., Koenig, H.G., & Abernethy, A.P. (2012;2011). Unmet spiritual care needs impact emotional and spiritual
well–being in advanced cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer, 20(10), 22–69–2276. Doi:10.1007/s00520–011–1335–1.
Level of Evidence: VI
The authors of this study state the research questions: "Do oncology inpatients receive spiritual care consistent with their needs? When inconsistent, are
there deleterious effects on patient outcomes?" (p. 2269, para 1). The authors argue that unaddressed spiritual needs negatively impacts hospitalized
oncology patients' outcomes, specifically depression, quality of life and satisfaction with care received.
This study reports nonexperimental research and...show more content...
The authors argue that spirituality, inclusive of religiosity, is correlated with patients' experienced depression and anxiety at end of life.
This is a cross–sectional cohort study. Participants (n=210) with a diagnosis of stage IV cancer, COPD, or CHF were selected from Duke Hospital
and Durham VA Medical Center and followed monthly for up to 4 years. The only inclusion criterion was an advancedillness diagnosis. No ethical
concerns were noted as patients were consented and the study was approved by Durham VA and Duke University's Institutional Review Boards.
Outcome measures were determined utilizing the Profile of Mood States' Anxiety Subscale and 10–item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression
Scale. Predictors were ascertained utilizing components of the Spiritual History Scale and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy
Spiritual Well–Being Scale. Multiple Regression Analyses was applied while controlling for diagnosis and severity of disease process, demographics,
participant rated spirituality and frequency of religious participation (p 752, para 1). Yielded results showed a correlation between enhanced spiritual
welfare and fewer anxiety (p<0.001) with spiritual well–being evolving as a primary negative predictor for fatigue

Exploratory Summary
In the article, Inclusive leisure experiences of older adults with intellectual disabilities at a senior center (2014), Brenda Rossow–Kimballa and Donna
L. Goodwin provides insightful knowledge by explaining to the reader the importance of leisure experiences for older adults who acquire impairments
and who actively attend a community–based senior citizens recreation center. The researchers go into depth about the meaning of recreation and the
meaning given to those experiences. An exploratory interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) study was used to conduct research
(Rossow–Kimballa & Goodwin, 2014). The study captured the leisure experiences of four older adults with intellectual impairments; four 'mainstream'
older adults and three

Exploratory Essay
The purpose of this research is to extend the understanding about the willingness of educated or non–educated participate in social contacts of varying
degrees of closeness with members of diverse social groups, such as racial and ethnic groups. The culture of a selfish society taking over and "love
your neighbor" dying a painfully slow death? Every time I leave my house and walk or drive in public, im amazed at the attitudes of some people.
Theirs is so much aggression around that it's scary to open your mouth, even to defend yourself. That's when I decided to put together a survey to see
how people really feel about their fellow stranger. The scale attempts to measure respondents' degree of warmth, intimacy, indifference, or hostility to
...show more content...
It is natural or normal that the strong survived at the cost if weak. In my survey I will look that how educated people might look at other social
group that they might lower class and if people that are less educated might be friendlier. The type of research I will be conducting is explanatory
cases because there little or no understanding. Although research has been close to this subject nothing exact. I will use exploratory literature
research to gain/discover insights about this situation. When the goal of the literature is to precisely formulate problems, clear concepts, gain
insights, eliminate impractical ideas and form hypotheses then exploratory research is used. Another method I will be using is Quantitative data in a
survey. This is data are anything that can be expressed as a number, or quantified. Examples of quantitative data are scores on achievement tests,
number of hours of study, or weight of a subject. These data may be represented by ordinal, interval or ratio scales. In my survey there will be no
physical or psychological rick involved in you're responding to the survey. You should understand that your compliance in this research is completely
voluntary. All of your responses will be completely confidential. The date will retained for a period of three years after the study is

The Purpose of Exploratory Research
The Purpose of Exploratory Research: Good Research Questions Years ago, before the advent of CAT scanners and other noninvasive medical
diagnostic procedures, doctors who were stumped about a patient's symptoms might recommend "exploratory surgery." With little to go on but vague
descriptions of symptoms, physicians would "open up" a patient to look around and see what needed fixing. In market research, exploratory research
plays a similar role. Marketers have no machines to peer inside a decision problem, so they may use certain research techniques to "open up" the
problem and look around. Researchers use these techniques, which they refer to collectively as exploratory research, with a single broad purpose: clarify
...show more content...
Generally, exploratory research techniques simply involve conversations between a researcher and the people being studied. Although the researcher
may guide the conversation across certain issues, the questioning is usually informal and semistructured. Thus, the data produced by qualitative research
is textual. That is, the research produces a "text." Although the text is analyzed, the methods of analyses are not statistical; textual data are not
numerical and do not lend themselves to statistical analysis. This limitation is important. Researchers and decision makers alike often wish to
generalize the conclusions of their research from their samples to some larger population of interest. Textual data do not permit this kind of
generalization. On the other hand, assuming other conditions are met, quantitative data may be generalized from a sample to a larger population.
Making these generalizations and calculating the margins of error inherent in them requires that the data be numerical. Generally speaking, research
procedures such as surveys and experimentation (often called confirmatory and causal research, respectively) produce the quantitative data needed for
such analyses. Thus, these two categories of research clearly rely on one another. That is, asking the right questions of the right people in the right
way to produce generalizable statistical results requires knowing what to ask, who to ask, and how to ask. These facets of research are often

Exploratory Research Essay
The purpose of this study is to determine whether socioeconomic status impedes the cognitive development of African American boys' literacy in
schools. This is a quantitative research study using an exploratory research design. This design will show how socioeconomic status correlates with
poverty, lack of parental involvement, and environmental factors. The researcher will use snowball sampling to gain participants from a referral from
an initial participant from this survey. The survey will be given to 20 participants at the City View Apartments in the West Blvd neighborhood
community; that will have closed ended questions for desired results of this research. All responses will be confidential and used solely for the purpose
of this study.
Study Description The effects of low Socioeconomic Status (SES) on African American children can be detrimental to their cognitive development.
Some government programs such as Head Start and No Child Left Behind Act was enacted to assist with the disparities in the achievement gap that is
affecting low income students. However, African American boys' that are in a low SES are at a much greater risk than their counterparts. According to
The United Way...show more content...
There are 13 closed ended questions that are used to collect quantitative data. Each question was used to understand how low income, literacy among
parents, and environment play a role in a child's cognitive development. Data was collected using the snow ball sampling method. The first 10
participants were located by word of mouth in the community. The next 10 participants were referrals given to me by the previous participants who are
a part of the same target population. The snowball sampling method is a non–probability sampling technique where existing study subjects recruit future

Love: an Exploratory Paper
Love: An Exploratory Paper
Leanna M. Benny
July 25th, 2011

The Purpose
Love is said to be the greatest human experience in which mankind are privilege to partake in. To love can be a wondrous experience filling life with
bliss and other strong emotions. Some people believe to love is to be alive and be able to see the good in the world and others. The purpose of this
paper is to examine and find a better understanding of what is love, to explore what people believe love to be, and what lies surround the perception
of love and to explore and expose what the meaning true love is or at the very least the authors understanding of the perception of love. In addition to
exploring the concept, deception and the truth of love,...show more content...
Unlike Eros love that is solely based on a strong emotion and only being shown the good quality of each person, Philos love is based on a "give and
take" where two people benefit mutually in varies way from each other. Being giving and taking equally is important in this type of love, and the
concern that each partner is benefiting is essential to each partner. It can be statement in truth that Philos love is a higher type of love then Eros, where
love is not just based on a strong emotion experienced before the understanding and appreciation of both partners that is gained from the pervious and
continuing friendship.
Agape (Unconditional Love)
Agape love is a more technical term for the unconditional love. Agape is the highest form of love placed above Eros and Philos. This type of love
is completely selfless; it is a love that is given without conditional and no benefits. When a person loves someone even when the love is not return
to him or her, yet that love continues. A mother's love is often described as this type of love. This is personally true. A mother will love her child
and does everything within her power to help, nurture, protect and provide for her child, even if her child is unruly and behaves badly toward her. A
child's love for a parent can be very

Exploratory Essay Questions
1)The younger waiter has a very different perspective on life. He has a job that is just that. He goes to work, and at the end of the day cannot wait
to get home. All he can think about is sleeping next to his wife. The end of his shift cannot come soon enough for him. He feels that his time is
more valuable than others. He is always in a hurry. The older waiter seems to be the opposite of the younger waiter. He likes to be at work. It is
where he feels at home. He likes how it is well lit, and likes to drink there. He is very laid back, and it seems that nothing bothers him. He understands
that there is more to life then what is just happening in the now. He goes home at the end of the night and there is no one waiting there for him. He stays

Exploratory Research Papers
Method
For this project, we used exploratory research to conduct our analysis on healthy eating. Due to the little knowledge we had regarding healthy eating,
we needed to get information from the general public regarding their opinions toward healthy and unhealthy food. Our goal was to find a potential
relationship between the cupcakes and the chicken and spinach sandwich. By finding a potential relationship, this could be used for further research
experiments regarding the opinions towards healthy and unhealthy foods. We used mainly qualitative research questions to conduct our survey, while
having a few quantitative research questions to help compliment the data. Using qualitative research questions was extremely beneficial to our research
study because it...show more content...
We decided to use the descriptive text questions because it allowed the person taking the survey to freely express their opinion on the given question.
Some questions were set up by first having a quantitative research question and then the respondents were told to explain why they chose the given
answer. This allowed us to get a more detailed response, thus giving us better insight on healthy and unhealthy eating.
Results
The results we got were very surprising, yet very insightful. The first question was whether our respondents would be more satisfied with a cupcake or
a chicken and spinach sandwich. The majority of the respondents chose the chicken and spinach sandwich due to the fact that it was more filling and a
healthier option. Many respondents decided that a cupcake would not benefit them as much because it was not only unhealthy but it wouldn't count as
a proper meal. Next, we

Food is an important component that a human being consume every day. Different cultures have their own influences with their food. Some people
may have a different tradition on how they view types of foods. I want to examine further whether if television has an impact on food decisions. I want
to know "How does television content influence the dietary quality choices of children?" For this research, I will be conducting an exploratory research
because I want to gain more information on what kind of channels kids watch these days and how that alters their decision on making their dietary
choices throughout the day. I think that this research is important because kids today tend to just eat what they view as good food without knowing
whether...show more content...
I think by now all of us are witnesses of seeing at least one food advertisement that we come across whenever we watch TV. Most of the time these
advertisements tend to be for fast food chains like McDonalds or Wendy's. Goris et al. (2010) looked at the television food advertising exposure to
children in six different countries: United States, Australia, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands. They have gathered the data for six
countries through PubMed database between January 2000 and March 2008. The results that they've got were interesting. They stated that "TV food
advertising exposure was found to be highest in the United States and lowest in The Netherlands, Sweden and Great Britain, while Italy and Australia
took intermediate positions. TV viewing and food advertising exposure data used in this study were from before the introduction of advertising
restrictions to children in most countries. The average daily TV viewing time in 6–11–year–old children was found to be 90 min/day in Sweden, 116
min in Australia, 120 min in The Netherlands, 140 min in Italy, 144 min in Great Britain and 199 min/day in the United States" (Goris et al. 2010). The
results between 6 different countries showed that United States spent most time watching the television and exposure of food advertising were also
relatively high here in the United

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