ESEM
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
2010
ACM
The power and the generality of the findings obtained through empirical studies are bounded by the number and type of participating subjects. In software engineering, obtaining a ...
METRICS
2003
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
2003
IEEE
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...
SIGSOFT
2001
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2001
ACM
There is a growing interest in empirical study in software engineering, both for validating mature technologies and for guiding improvements of less-mature technologies. This pape...