Empirical software engineering experts on the use of students and professionals in experiments
- 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.
| Author of HS Reutlingen | Münch, Jürgen |
|---|---|
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-017-9523-3 |
| ISSN: | 1382-3256 |
| eISSN: | 1573-7616 |
| Erschienen in: | Empirical software engineering : an international journal |
| Publisher: | Springer Science + Business Media B.V |
| Place of publication: | Dordrecht |
| Document Type: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
| Publication year: | 2018 |
| Tag: | experimentation; generalization; participants in experiments; subjects of experiments; threats to validity |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Page Number: | 38 |
| First Page: | 452 |
| Last Page: | 489 |
| DDC classes: | 004 Informatik |
| Open access?: | Nein |
| Licence (German): |  In Copyright - Urheberrechtlich geschützt |
