Skinner Wasn't a Software Engineer

  • Authors:
  • Warren Harrison

  • Affiliations:
  • Portland State University

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Software
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

The author describes several different techniques for doing software development research--for example, testing the value of a new tool or technique. He describes the comparative group experiment, the field study, the case study, and the single-subject experiment, and he advocates that more people try using the last approach.