TY  - JOUR
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
T2  - 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
UR  - https://publikationen.reutlingen-university.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1621
SN  - 1382-3256
VL  - 23
IS  - 1
SP  - 452
EP  - 489
PB  - Springer Science + Business Media B.V
CY  - Dordrecht
ER  -