The topic of this full-day tutorial was the correct use and interpretation of case studies as an empirical research method. Using an equal blend of lecture and discussion, it gave...
Dewayne E. Perry, Susan Elliott Sim, Steve M. East...
For several decades there has been a debate in the computing sciences about the relative roles of design and empirical research, and about the contribution of design and research ...
Context: There is little empirical knowledge of the effectiveness of the object-oriented paradigm. Objectives: To conduct a systematic review of the literature describing empirica...
John Bailey, David Budgen, Mark Turner, Barbara Ki...
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 ...
This article describes a survey which aims to identify the relative importance of a set of factors that affect the motivation of software engineers at work. The conceptual underpi...