Evidence-based software engineering. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Budgen, Barbara Ann Kitchenham, Pearl Brereton.
• Authors: Budgen, D (David); Kitchenham, B. A; Brereton, Pearl, 1949-
• Contents: PART I EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ; The Evidence-Based Paradigm; What do we mean by evidence?; Emergence of the evidence-based movement; The systematic review; Some limitations of an evidence-based view of the world; ; Evidence-Based Software Engineering (EBSE); Empirical knowledge before EBSE; From opinion to evidence; Organizing evidence-based software engineering practices; Software engineering characteristics; Limitations of evidence-based practices in software engineering; ; Using Systematic Reviews in Software Engineering; Systematic reviews; Mapping studies; Meta-analysis; ; Planning a Systematic Review; Establishing the need for a review; Managing the review project; Specifying the research questions; Developing the protocol; Validating the protocol; ; Searching for Primary Studies; Completeness; Validating the search strategy; Methods of searching; Examples of search strategies; ; Study Selection; Selection criteria; Selection process; The relationship between papers and studies; Examples of selection criteria and process; ; Assessing Study Quality; Why assess quality?; Quality assessment criteria; Procedures for assessing quality; Examples of quality assessment criteria and procedures; ; Extracting Study Data; Overview of data extraction; Examples of extracted data and extraction procedures; ; Mapping Study Analysis; Analysis of publication details; Classification analysis; Automated content analysis; Clusters, gaps, and models; ; Qualitative Synthesis; Qualitative synthesis in software engineering research; Qualitative analysis terminology and concepts; Using qualitative synthesis methods in software engineering systematic reviews; Description of qualitative synthesis methods; General problems with qualitative meta-synthesis; ; Meta-Analysis; With Lech Madeyski; Meta-analysis example; Effect sizes; Conversion between different effect sizes; Meta-analysis methods; Heterogeneity; Moderator analysis; Additional analyses; ; Reporting a Systematic Review; Planning reports; Writing reports; Validating reports; ; Tool Support for Systematic Reviews; With Christopher Marshall; Review tools in other disciplines; Tools for software engineering reviews; ; Evidence to Practice: Knowledge Translation and Diffusion; What is knowledge translation?; Knowledge translation in the context of software engineering; Examples of knowledge translation in software engineering; Diffusion of software engineering knowledge; Systematic reviews for software engineering education; ; Further Reading for Part I; ; Part II THE SYSTEMATIC REVIEWER’S PERSPECTIVE OF PRIMARY STUDIES; ; Primary Studies and Their Role in EBSE; Some characteristics of primary studies; Forms of primary study used in software engineering; Ethical issues; Reporting primary studies; Replicated studies; Further reading; ; Controlled Experiments and Quasi-Experiments; Characteristics of controlled experiments and quasi-experiments; Conducting experiments and quasi-experiments; Research questions that can be answered by using experiments and quasi-experiments; Examples from the software engineering literature; Reporting experiments and quasi-experiments; Further reading; ; Surveys; Characteristics of surveys; Conducting surveys; Research questions that can be answered by using surveys; Examples of surveys from the software engineering literature; Reporting surveys; Further reading; ; Case Studies; Characteristics of case studies; Conducting case study research; Research questions that can be answered by using case studies; Example of a case study from the software engineering literature; Reporting case studies; Further reading; ; Qualitative Studies; Characteristics of a qualitative study; Conducting qualitative research; Research questions that can be answered using qualitative studies; Examples of qualitative studies in software engineering; Reporting qualitative studies; Further reading; ; Data Mining Studies; Characteristics of data mining studies; Conducting data mining research in software engineering; Research questions that can be answered by data mining; Examples of data mining studies; Problems with data mining studies in software engineering; Reporting data mining studies; Further reading; ; Replicated and Distributed Studies; What is a replication study?; Replications in software engineering; Including replications in systematic reviews; Distributed studies; Further reading; ; PART III GUIDELINES FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS; ; Systematic Review and Mapping Study Procedures; Introduction; Preliminaries; Review management; Planning a systematic review; The search process; Primary study selection process; Validating the search and selection process; Quality assessment; Data extraction; Data aggregation and synthesis; Reporting the systematic review; ; A Catalogue of Systematic Reviews Relevant to Education and Practice; With Sarah Drummond and Nikki Williams; Professional Practice (PRF); Modelling and Analysis (MAA); Software Design (DES); Validation and Verification (VAV); Software Evolution (EVO); Software Process (PRO); Software Quality (QUA); Software Management (MGT); ; Bibliography; ; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 005.1; Software engineering
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482228663
• Related ISBNs: 9781482228656
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