Branch Count | Call Pairs | Condition Count | Decision Count | Edge Count | Formal Parameter Count | Modified Condition Count | Multiple Condition Count | Node Count | Unique Operators | Unique Operands | Total Operators | Total Operands

Branch Count
Handle: Branch Count
Description: This metric is the number of branches for each module. Branches are defined as those edges that exit from a decision node. The greater the number of branches in a program's modules, the more testing resource's required.
Observation: This metric is generated with McCabeIQ 7.1.
Frequency: Frequency is determined by the requirements of each project.
Scale: This is one up.
Range: Unlimited.
Usage: None, currently.
Relationship: Unknown.
Threshold: Unknown.
Validation: None, currently.

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Call Pairs
Handle: Call Pairs
Description: Number of calls to other functions in a module.
Observation: This metric is generated with McCabeIQ 7.1.
Frequency: Frequency is determined by the requirements of each project.
Scale: This is one up.
Range: Unlimited.
Usage: None, currently.
Relationship: Unknown.
Threshold: Unknown.
Validation: None, currently.

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Condition Count
Handle: Condition Count
Description: Number of conditionals in a given module.
Observation: This metric is generated with McCabeIQ 7.1.
Frequency: Frequency is determined by the requirements of each project.
Scale: This is one up.
Range: Unlimited.
Usage: None, currently.
Relationship: Unknown.
Threshold: Unknown.
Validation: None, currently.

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Decision Count
Handle: Decision Count
Description: Number of decision points in a given module.
Observation: This metric is generated with McCabeIQ 7.1.
Frequency: Frequency is determined by the requirements of each project.
Scale: This is one up.
Range: Unlimited.
Usage: None, currently.
Relationship: Unknown.
Threshold: Unknown.
Validation: None, currently.

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Edge Count
Handle: Edge Count
Description: Number of edges found in a given module. Represents the transfer of control from one module to another. (Edges are a base metric, used to calculate many of the more involved complexity metric).
Observation: This metric is generated with McCabeIQ 7.1.
Frequency: Frequency is determined by the requirements of each project.
Scale: This is one up.
Range: Unlimited.
Usage: None, currently.
Relationship: Unknown.
Threshold: Unknown.
Validation: None, currently.

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Formal Parameter Count
Handle: Formal Parameter Count
Description: Number of parameters to a given module.
Observation: This metric is generated with McCabeIQ 7.1.
Frequency: Frequency is determined by the requirements of each project.
Scale: This is one up.
Range: Unlimited.
Usage: None, currently.
Relationship: Unknown.
Threshold: Unknown.
Validation: None, currently.

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Modified Condition Count
Handle: Modified Condition Count
Description: Every condition shown to independently affect a decision outcome (by varying that condition only
Observation: This metric is generated with McCabeIQ 7.1.
Frequency: Frequency is determined by the requirements of each project.
Scale: This is one up.
Range: Unlimited.
Usage: None, currently.
Relationship: Unknown.
Threshold: Unknown.
Validation: None, currently.

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Multiple Condition Count
Handle: Multiple Condition Count
Description: Number of multiple conditions that exist within a module.
Observation: This metric is generated with McCabeIQ 7.1.
Frequency: Frequency is determined by the requirements of each project.
Scale: This is one up.
Range: Unlimited.
Usage: None, currently.
Relationship: Unknown.
Threshold: Unknown.
Validation: None, currently.

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Node Count
Handle: Node Count
Description: Number of nodes found in a given module. (Nodes are a base metric, used to calculate many of the more involved complexity metrics).
Observation: This metric is generated with McCabeIQ 7.1.
Frequency: Frequency is determined by the requirements of each project.
Scale: This is one up.
Range: Unlimited.
Usage: None, currently.
Relationship: Unknown.
Threshold: Unknown.
Validation: None, currently.

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Unique Operators
Handle: Unique Operators
Description: The following items are counted as operators:

Observation: This metric is generated with McCabeIQ 7.1.
Frequency: Frequency is determined by the requirements of each project.
Scale: This is one operator - one count.
Range: Unlimited.
Usage: None, currently.
Relationship: Unknown.
Threshold: Unknown.
Validation: None, currently.

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Unique Operands
Handle: Unique Operands
Description: Variables and identifiers Constants (numeric literal/string) Function names when used during calls
Observation: This metric is generated with McCabeIQ 7.1.
Frequency: Frequency is determined by the requirements of each project.
Scale: This is one unique operand - one count.
Range: Unlimited.
Usage: None, currently.
Relationship: Unknown.
Threshold: Unknown.
Validation: None, currently.

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Total Operators
Handle: Total Operators
Description: See 1.2.4.27
Observation: This metric is generated with McCabeIQ 7.1.
Frequency: Frequency is determined by the requirements of each project.
Scale: This is one operator - one count.
Range: Unlimited.
Usage: None, currently.
Relationship: Unknown.
Threshold: Unknown.
Validation: None, currently.

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Total Operands
Handle: Total operands
Description: Variables and identifiers Constants (numeric literal/string) Function names when used during calls
Observation: This metric is generated with McCabeIQ 7.1.
Frequency: Frequency is determined by the requirements of each project.
Scale: This is one operand - one count.
Range: Unlimited.
Usage: None, currently.
Relationship: Unknown.
Threshold: Unknown.
Validation: IV&V has an internal study that indicates that this is the best metric for identifying errors but it also has the highest false positive rate among that group of metrics studied.

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