Comparison of Learning Software Architecture by Developing Social Applications versus Games on the Android Platform

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Hypothesis</td><td align="center">COTS</td><td align="center"><span style="width: 14.8375px;"><svg height="10.325" id="M6" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 14.8375 10.325" width="14.8375" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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</svg></span></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="2">No difference in number of used design patterns</td><td align="center">Game</td><td align="center">12</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center" rowspan="2">0.111</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Social</td><td align="center">16</td><td align="center">1</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Hypothesis tests on number of design patterns used.

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