• DocumentCode
    829795
  • Title

    Skinner Wasn´t a Software Engineer

  • Author

    Harrison, Willie K.

  • Author_Institution
    Portland State University
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    5
  • Lastpage
    7
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2005.76
  • Filename
    1438319