Lessons from a cross-domain investigation of empirical practices

Authors:
David Budgen;John Bailey;Mark Turner;Barbara Kitchenham;Pearl Brereton;Stuart Charters
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, Durham University, U.K;Department of Computer Science, Durham University, U.K;School of Computing & Maths, Keele University, U.K;School of Computing & Maths, Keele University, U.K;School of Computing & Maths, Keele University, U.K;Applied Computing Group, Lincoln University, N.Z
Venue:
EASE'08 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Context: We are seeking the best ways to employ evidence-based practices in software engineering research and practice. Objectives: To help assess our guidelines for conducting systematic literature reviews we have investigated how other academic disciplines use evidence-based practices. Method: This involved performing two studies, one using a questionnaire with a set of experts, and a second using semi-structured interviews. Results: We have identified how disciplines with similar empirical constraints to software engineering place weight upon different forms of empirical data. Conclusions: We describe both the resulting changes to our systematic literature review guidelines and some issues this raises for empirical software engineering.