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Non Verbal Communication in Software Engineering – An Empirical Study [PDF]

open access: goldIEEE Access, 2021
Communication among humans consists of both verbal and non verbal components. The latter may sometimes express concepts or ideas not conveyable by the former. This is also true in Software Engineering.
Paolo Ciancarini   +5 more
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Happy software developers solve problems better: psychological measurements in empirical software engineering [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2014
For more than 30 years, it has been claimed that a way to improve software developers' productivity and software quality is to focus on people and to provide incentives to make developers satisfied and happy.
Abrahamsson, Pekka   +2 more
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Ethical issues in empirical studies of software engineering [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 2002
The popularity of empirical methods in software engineering research is on the rise. Surveys, experiments, metrics, case studies, and field studies are examples of empirical methods used to investigate both software engineering processes and products ...
Norman G Vinson
exaly   +2 more sources

Empirical Studies in End-User Software Engineering and Viewing Scientific Programmers as End-Users -- POSITION STATEMENT -- [PDF]

open access: green, 2007
My work has two relationships with End User Software Engineering. First, as an Empirical Software Engineer, I am interested in meeting with people who do research into techniques for improving end-user software engineering.
Carver, Jeffrey
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Empirical Investigation of Critical Requirements Engineering Practices for Global Software Development [PDF]

open access: goldIEEE Access, 2021
There is a need to identify requirements engineering (RE) practices that are important to global software development (GSD) project success. The objective of this paper is to report our recent empirical study results which aimed to identify the RE ...
Habib Ullah Khan   +5 more
openalex   +3 more sources

Guidelines for using empirical studies in software engineering education [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ Computer Science, 2017
Software engineering education is under constant pressure to provide students with industry-relevant knowledge and skills. Educators must address issues beyond exercises and theories that can be directly rehearsed in small settings. Industry training has
Fagerholm, Fabian   +2 more
core   +7 more sources

Replication of Studies in Empirical Software Engineering: A Systematic Mapping Study, From 2013 to 2018

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
Context: In any discipline, replications of empirical studies are necessary to consolidate the acquired knowledge. In Software Engineering, replications have been reported since the 1990s, although their number is still small.
Margarita Cruz   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

An empirically evaluated checklist for surveys in software engineering [PDF]

open access: greenInformation and Software Technology, 2019
Context: Over the past decade Software Engineering research has seen a steady increase in survey-based studies, and there are several guidelines providing support for those willing to carry out surveys. The need for auditing survey research has been raised in the literature. Checklists have been used to assess different types of empirical studies, such
Jefferson Seide Molléri   +2 more
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Evolution of statistical analysis in empirical software engineering research: Current state and steps forward

open access: yesJournal of Systems and Software, 2019
Software engineering research is evolving and papers are increasingly based on empirical data from a multitude of sources, using statistical tests to determine if and to what degree empirical evidence supports their hypotheses.
Francisco Gomes de Oliveira Neto   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

On Integrating Student Empirical Software Engineering Studies with Research and Teaching Goals [PDF]

open access: green, 2012
Background: Many empirical software engineering studies use students as subjects and are conducted as part of university courses. Aim: We aim at reporting our experiences with using guidelines for integrating empirical studies with our research and ...
Avgeriou, Paris,   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

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