| Download | - View final version: Preliminary Guidelines for Empirical Research in Software Engineering (PDF, 658 KiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/8914084 |
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| Author | Search for: Kitchenham, B.A.; Search for: Pfleeger, S.L.; Search for: Pickard, L.M.; Search for: Jones, P.W.; Search for: Hoaglin, D.C.; Search for: El-Emam, Khaled; Search for: Rosenberg, J. |
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| Format | Text, Technical Report |
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| Subject | empirical software research; research guidelines; statistical mistakes; directives de recherche; erreurs statistiques |
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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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| Publication date | 2001 |
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| Language | English |
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| NRC number | NRCC 44158 |
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| NPARC number | 8914084 |
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| Record identifier | 0c0d4174-6677-4d7f-8ff6-86927aa3aabc |
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| Record created | 2009-04-22 |
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| Record modified | 2020-05-27 |
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