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Does Subject Type Influence Software Engineering Experiment Results?
Year:2017
Research Areas
  • Information technology and adata processing
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Abstract
Context: A key issue when dealing with the generalization threat of software engineering experiments is to use different subject types. Objective: In this paper, we aim to investigate which subject types are used in experiments and their impact on results. Method: We have performed a systematic mapping study by manually searching experiments published from January 2014 to June 2016 in six leading software engineering conferences and journals. Results: Out of the 833 papers published in the period covered, we have identified 93 papers reporting experiments with subjects. Of these, 27 papers report experiments that have two subject types (professionals and students). We have studied the impact of subject type on the results of experiments reported in 11 of these papers. Conclusion: We have observed contradictory results. Only in some cases subject type influences experimental results. This suggests that further research is needed in order to find an explanation.
International
Si
Congress
IEEE/ACM 39th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2017)
970
Place
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-1-5386-1589-8
10.1109/ICSE-C.2017.113
Start Date
20/05/2017
End Date
28/05/2017
From page
210
To page
212
2017 IEEE/ACM 39th International Conference on Software Engineering Companion (ICSE-C)
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  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Ingeniería del Software