Experimental Design

Materials

• Computer with Microsoft Visual Basic 6
• Reference Books for Visual Basic 6
• Text documents for developmental testing and evaluation purposes.

A Summary of the Procedure for Development of Program

1. Design and sketch what the program would look like to the user.
2. Brainstorm ways to implement the above mentioned methods for language recognition.
3. In Visual Basic 6, create the form layout as designed in Step 1.
4. Plan in detail on the ways of implementing the language recognition methods. Create a rough layout of the code needed to create this program.
5. Code the program (using the rough code layout as a guide) adding comments where necessary. Make sure to periodically test and debug the program to make sure that the program works and that there are no errors. When the whole program has been completely coded, run final tests and debug sessions. Once it is bug-free, compile it into a Windows Application. Test the application from an end user’s point of view. Then, package the program along with support/database files and a QuickStart Guide.

A Summary of the Procedure for Evaluation of Program

1. Select varied text from each of the languages.
2. Run the program from an end user’s point of view.
3. Scan the selected text with the Language Recognition Program and record the results.
4. Determine if the results match the actual languages of the excerpts of text. Calculate the accuracy ratings. Analyse and interpret the results.
5. Perform additional tests to determine the processing speed of the program.