DocumentCode
3373068
Title
Research synthesis in software engineering: a case for meta-analysis
Author
Hayes, Will
Author_Institution
Software Eng. Inst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Firstpage
143
Lastpage
151
Abstract
The use of meta-analytic techniques to summarize empirical software engineering research results is illustrated using a set of 5 published experiments from the literature. The intent of the analysis is to guide future work in this area through objective summarization of the literature to date. A focus on effect magnitude, in addition to statistical significance is championed, and the reader is provided with an illustration of simple methods for computing effect magnitudes
Keywords
research and development management; software development management; software metrics; effect magnitude; empirical software engineering research results; meta-analysis; meta-analytic techniques; objective summarization; research synthesis; software engineering; statistical significance; Computer aided software engineering; Glass; Inspection; Psychology; Sampling methods; Software engineering; Statistical analysis;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Metrics Symposium, 1999. Proceedings. Sixth International
Conference_Location
Boca Raton, FL
Print_ISBN
0-7695-0403-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/METRIC.1999.809735
Filename
809735
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