| Title | Preliminary Guidelines for Empirical Research in Software Engineering |
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| Author(s) | B.A. Kitchenham and S. Lawrence Pfleeger and L.M. Pickard and P.W Jones and D.C. Hoaglin and K. El Emam and J.Rosenberg |
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| Details | Article: 2002 |
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| Abstract | Empirical software engineering research needs research guidelines to improve the research and reporting processes. We propose a preliminary set of research guidelines aimed at stimulating discussion among software researchers. They are based on a review of research guidelines developed for medical researchers and on our own experience in doing and reviewing software engineering research. The guidelines are intended to assist researchers, reviewers, and meta-analysts in designing, conducting, and evaluating empirical studies. Editorial boards of software engineering journals may wish to use our recommendations as a basis for developing guidelines for reviewers and for framing policies for dealing with the design, data collection, and analysis and reporting of empirical studies. |
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| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSE.2002.1027796 |
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| BibTex | View Citation |
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| Topics | Methodology, Primary Study, Software Engineering |
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