Abstract :
The author describes several different techniques for doing software development research--for example, testing the value of a new tool or technique. He describes the comparative group experiment, the field study, the case study, and the single-subject experiment, and he advocates that more people try using the last approach.
Keywords :
comparative group experiment; research methodology; single-subject experiment; statistics; Control systems; Costs; Educational institutions; Pressing; Programming profession; Rats; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software systems; Time measurement; comparative group experiment; research methodology; single-subject experiment; statistics;
