TY - JOUR U1 - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed) A1 - Falessi, Davide A1 - Juristo, Natalia A1 - Wohlin, Claes A1 - Turhan, Burak A1 - Münch, Jürgen A1 - Jedlitschka, Andreas A1 - Oivo, Markku T1 - Empirical software engineering experts on the use of students and professionals in experiments JF - Empirical software engineering : an international journal N2 - Using students as participants remains a valid simplification of reality needed in laboratory contexts. It is an effective way to advance software engineering theories and technologies but, like any other aspect of study settings, should be carefully considered during the design, execution, interpretation, and reporting of an experiment. The key is to understand which developer population portion is being represented by the participants in an experiment. Thus, a proposal for describing experimental participants is put forward. KW - experimentation KW - threats to validity KW - generalization KW - subjects of experiments KW - participants in experiments Y1 - 2018 SN - 1382-3256 SS - 1382-3256 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-017-9523-3 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-017-9523-3 VL - 23 IS - 1 SP - 452 EP - 489 S1 - 38 PB - Springer Science + Business Media B.V CY - Dordrecht ER -