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Abstract | ||
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Context: Surveys constitute an valuable tool to capture a large-scale snapshot of the state of the practice. Apparently trivial to adopt, surveys hide, however, several pitfalls that might hinder rendering the result valid and, thus, useful. Goal: We aim at providing an overview of main pitfalls in software engineering surveys and report on practical ways to deal with them. Method: We build on the experiences we collected in conducting many studies and distill the main lessons learnt. Results: The eight lessons learnt we report cover different aspects of the survey process ranging from the design of initial research objectives to the design of a questionnaire. Conclusions: Our hope is that by sharing our lessons learnt, combined with a disciplined application of the general survey theory, we contribute to improving the quality of the research results achievable by employing software engineering surveys. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2017 | 10.1109/CESI.2017.5 | CESI@ICSE |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
survey, software engineering, lessons learned | Conference | abs/1702.05744 |
ISSN | ISBN | Citations |
2575-4785 | 978-1-5386-1547-8 | 4 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.42 | 11 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Torchiano | 1 | 1162 | 81.04 |
| Daniel Méndez Fernández | 2 | 312 | 34.66 |
| guilherme horta travassos | 3 | 1257 | 106.71 |
| Rafael Maiani de Mello | 4 | 71 | 10.47 |