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Effective And Appropriate Use Of Controlled Experimentation In Software Development Research, Mark Alan Johnson
Effective And Appropriate Use Of Controlled Experimentation In Software Development Research, Mark Alan Johnson
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Although there is a large body of research and publication on software development, only a limited amount of this work includes empirical demonstration of its effectiveness. Yet, it is this empirical understanding which will help move software development from a craft to an engineering discipline. Of the empirical methods for research, controlled experiments are the most commonly thought of in scientific studies, and yet the least used to study software development.
This thesis begins with a brief review of the different empirical methods commonly used to study software development. This review provides a quick introduction to each empirical method, compares …