Qualitative research in software engineering.

Qualitative research methods were developed in the social sciences to enable researchers to study social and cultural phenomena and are designed to help researchers understand people and the social and ... Many in the software industry recognize that software development also presents a number of unique management and organizational issues that need to be addressed and solved in order for the field to progress ... For this reason, we solicited submissions for this Special Issue on the topic of "Qualitative Research in Software Engineering". ...

doi:10.1007/s10664-011-9163-y fatcat:ialz3obicrg2nnnimvzq4uccu4

Apply this methods separately in the research in software engineer makes evident that obtain results are incomplete and so is difficult to choose definitively wit which of them embark in a specific research ... In the investigation of Software Engineering coexist two different research methods: 1) the quantitative that try to measure and analyze the casual relationship between the variables in a frame with free ... Los investigadores encontraron que el in-cumplimiento no se debía a un comportamiento errático irracional, sino a la elección deliberada de los pacientes. ...

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We conducted an explorative qualitative survey to investigate RB in Software Engineering (SE)experiments, with respect to (i) QRPs potentially leading to RB, (ii) causes behind RB, and (iii) possible actions ... In research fields like medicine, blinding techniques have been applied to counteract RB. ... Research Profile project at Blekinge Institute of Technology; the "Digital Service Ecosystem" project (Cod. PON03PE-00136-1) funded by Italian MIUR; and "Au-riga2020" project (Cod. ...

arXiv:2008.12528v1 fatcat:a47edtb6yrdkzdprz64zqfq63u

Interview script for the paper entitled "Researcher Bias in Software Engineering Experiments: a Qualitative Investigation" by Simone Romano, Davide Fucci, Giuseppe Scanniello, Maria Teresa Baldassarre, ... What you think is causing such results and, in general, researcher bias? 3. How would you limit researcher bias? ... (published in 2015) reports that: 67% (of the surveyed researchers) had statistically tested and reported post-hoc hypotheses, 55% had developed/modified outlier criteria after looking at the impact of ...

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In recent years, the research on empirical software engineering that uses qualitative data analysis (e.g., cases studies, interview surveys, and grounded theory studies) is increasing. ... We expect that this work will help empirical researchers, particularly in software engineering, to improve the quality and trustworthiness of their studies. ... INTRODUCTION In recent years, the research on empirical software engineering that uses qualitative research methods is on the rise [16, 38, 41, 35, 39] . ...

arXiv:2008.00977v2 fatcat:fwuzrhbeejf6tjxw5q2xyszzdm

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This paper affords a widespread conversation of the all the stages in Web Usage Mining and Problems with related works in this research areas. ... Web Usage Mining relates mining techniques in log data to extract the performance of users which is used in different applications like Support to the Design, E-commerce, Modified services, prefetching ... , and recent work in web usage mining research field. ...

doi:10.23956/ijarcsse/sv7i5/0198 fatcat:d654x5uchbenbft2bp5szckbva

Co-existing diabetes and hypertension was found in 70% of females as compared to 38% of males. The occurrence of IHD in males was significantly higher than that in females (p<0.001). ... Hypertension was found in 80% of males and 72% of females. A significantly higher rate of diabetes was noted in females (62%) compared to males (48%) (p<0.012). ... He is involved in teaching, academic research and researcher supervision and is a member of the strategic planning and curriculum committees in the College of Medicine. ...

doi:10.37575/b/med/0038 fatcat:5h5phkn4jjfvfceg4xasfjxsmy

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but importantly so, on the value of qualitative research in software engineering in general. ... In the past, relatively little research in the software engineering domain presents purely qualitative research. ...

doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.009 fatcat:nsk2dfv5p5gztiqwv6tfnhj7kq

Deeper understanding of human factorinfluence on software requirements engineering practice assumesthe use of qualitative research methods. ... Software requirements engineering is a field insoftware engineering that highly depends on human factor sinceit includes knowledge and skills from domain of softwareengineering and from the domain of problem ... ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, supports this research under the project "The development of software tools for business process analysis ...

doi:10.7251/zrsng1801106s fatcat:q2gujg5lzfburmmplwwmiwwube

We present an overview of three qualitative methods commonly used in social sciences but rarely seen in software engineering research, namely interpretative phenomenological analysis, narrative analysis ... Our paper will help software engineering researchers better select and then guide the application of a broader set of qualitative research methods. ... qualitative research in software engineering. ...

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This Software Engineering research discourse contains a wide spectrum of qualitative research. ... A special issue on Qualitative Software Engineering Research in one of the leading Software Engineering journals (Dittrich et al. 2007) indicates another milestone to the successful establishment of ...

doi:10.1007/s10606-009-9106-y fatcat:nxdqtkjdrncs3lz4d5z5wjhz4a

and processing, aggregation and synthesis of evidence, and impact of software engineering research. ... Furthermore, based on the chapters covered in this book we discuss trends on contemporary empirical methods in software engineering related to the plurality of research methods, human factors, data collection ... Acknowledgements We thank all the authors and reviewers of this book on contemporary empirical methods in software engineering for their valuable contribution ...

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Implications of the research findings for researchers, software developers and managers in software organizations are discussed. ... This article presents a qualitative study with software developers aimed at inquiring how they perceive soft skills in software requirements activities. ... ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, the Republic of Serbia, supports this research under the project "The development of software tools for business process ...

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Méndez Systematisation: Consolidate & evaluate § (Re-)Focus: Requirements Engineering in context of dev.processes § Integrate into software process improvement lifecycle D. ... & analysis methods Context & Research Objectives § Capgemini TS § Explorative analysis of demands in Requirements Engineering (projects) Research Questions: 1. ...

doi:10.1049/ic.2012.0017 dblp:conf/ease/FernandezPK12 fatcat:hzadcv53uraizjmyx7gndrqyri

The workshop participants reiterated the usefulness of the metaphor, shared emerging practices used in software development organizations, and emphasized the need for more research and better means for ... We report here on the Fifth International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt, collocated with the Seventh International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2013). ... Application of qualitative methods in software engineering has reached a level of maturity. Thus, it is time to apply qualitative studies to manage technical debt. ...

doi:10.1145/2579281.2579311 fatcat:nfvk5q5h2bfyrh22hkcoxv4fbi

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Reliability in Software Engineering Qualitative Research through Inter-Coder Agreement: A guide using Krippendorff's α Atlas.ti [article]

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Qualitative Evolution of Performance and Validity Indices for Web Usage Mining

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Human factor in software requirements engineering: Preliminary review of qualitative empirical studies

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Qualitative software engineering research – reflections and guidelines [article]

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Software Engineering as Cooperative Work

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Software developers' perceptions of soft skills in software requirements engineering Percepcije softverskih inženjera o netehničkim veštinama u inženjeringu softverskih zahteva

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Pattern-based guideline to empirically analyse software development processes

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Software developers' perceptions of soft skills in software requirements engineering
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