@inproceedings{f9fc2bfa6b624a0db00bdde2d27cabfd,
title = "Code Comprehension Confounders: A Study of Intelligence and Personality",
abstract = "This study investigates the relationship between intelligence and personality traits with code comprehension performance. We conducted a large-scale experiment using undergraduates to examine the correlation between intelligence and personality traits, such as conscientiousness, and performance in answering comprehension questions on code snippets. The study found that while personality traits had little impact on code comprehension performance, certain intelligence facets, including fluid intelligence, visual perception, and cognitive speed, had significant positive effects on performance. Controlling for these factors in future studies is important and further research is needed to better understand the relationship between personality, intelligence and code comprehension.",
keywords = "code comprehension, confounding parameters, empirical study, human factors, intelligence, personality",
author = "Stefan Wagner and Marvin Wyrich",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI). All rights reserved.; 2024 Software Engineering, SE 2024 ; Conference date: 26-02-2024 Through 01-03-2024",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.18420/sw2024\_16",
language = "English",
series = "Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)",
publisher = "Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)",
pages = "63--64",
editor = "Rick Rabiser and Manuel Wimmer and Iris Groher and Andreas Wortmann and Bianca Wiesmayr",
booktitle = "Software Engineering 2024 - Proceedings",
}