Several empirical studies have been carried out with college students as subjects in the last few years. Researchers often use these studies to pilot experiments before they are c...
Jeffrey Carver, Maria Letizia Jaccheri, Sandro Mor...
In this article we summarize the strengths and weaknesses of empirical research in software engineering. We argue that in order to improve the current situation we must create bet...
Dewayne E. Perry, Adam A. Porter, Lawrence G. Vott...
In this paper we present initial findings from an empirical study that has been conducted with 13 marketdriven software companies based in Recife, Brazil. The objective of the stu...