TY - GEN
T1 - The role of controlled experiments working group results
AU - Jedlitschka, Andreas
AU - Briand, Lionel C.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The purpose of this working group was to identify which role controlled experiments play in the field of empirical Software Engineering. The discussions resulted in a list of motivational factors, challenges, and improvements suggestions. The main outcome is that, although the empirical Software Engineering community, over the last 14 years, has matured with regard to doing controlled experiments, there is still room for improvement. By now the community has understood under which conditions it is possible to empirically evaluate Software Engineering methods, techniques, and tools, but the way controlled experiments are designed, performed, and reported still lacks the level of quality of other disciplines such as social sciences or medicine. The generalizability of the results of controlled experiments is one major concern. Furthermore, more emphasis should be put on the role of empirical Software Engineering education.
AB - The purpose of this working group was to identify which role controlled experiments play in the field of empirical Software Engineering. The discussions resulted in a list of motivational factors, challenges, and improvements suggestions. The main outcome is that, although the empirical Software Engineering community, over the last 14 years, has matured with regard to doing controlled experiments, there is still room for improvement. By now the community has understood under which conditions it is possible to empirically evaluate Software Engineering methods, techniques, and tools, but the way controlled experiments are designed, performed, and reported still lacks the level of quality of other disciplines such as social sciences or medicine. The generalizability of the results of controlled experiments is one major concern. Furthermore, more emphasis should be put on the role of empirical Software Engineering education.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36348962887&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-71301-2_19
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-71301-2_19
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:36348962887
SN - 354071300X
SN - 9783540713005
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 58
EP - 62
BT - Empirical Software Engineering Issues
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - International Workshop on Empirical Software Engineering Issues: Critical Assessment and Future Directions, ESE 2006
Y2 - 26 June 2006 through 30 June 2006
ER -