Contemporary Empirical Methods in Software Engineering
110 Citations•2020•
Michael Felderer, Guilherme Horta Travassos
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This chapter presents the five iterations of the development of empirical software engineering mainly from a methodological perspective and additionally takes key papers, venues, and books, which are covered in chronological order in a separate section on recommended further readings, into account.
Abstract
This book presents contemporary empirical methods in software engineering related to the plurality of research methodologies, human factors, data collection and processing, aggregation and synthesis of evidence, and impact of software engineering research.