%0 Journal Article %1 kit_ym_2002 %A Kitchenham, B.A. %A Pfleeger, S.L. %A Pickard, L.M. %A Jones, P.W. %A Hoaglin, D.C. %A Emam, K. El %A Rosenberg, J. %D 2002 %J IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering %K research_methods software_engineering %N 8 %P 721-734 %R 10.1109/TSE.2002.1027796 %T Preliminary guidelines for empirical research in software engineering %V 28 %X Empirical software engineering research needs research guidelines to improve the research and reporting processes. We propose a preliminary set of research guidelines aimed at stimulating discussion among software researchers. They are based on a review of research guidelines developed for medical researchers and on our own experience in doing and reviewing software engineering research. The guidelines are intended to assist researchers, reviewers, and meta-analysts in designing, conducting, and evaluating empirical studies. Editorial boards of software engineering journals may wish to use our recommendations as a basis for developing guidelines for reviewers and for framing policies for dealing with the design, data collection, and analysis and reporting of empirical studies.

@article{kit_ym_2002, abstract = { Empirical software engineering research needs research guidelines to improve the research and reporting processes. We propose a preliminary set of research guidelines aimed at stimulating discussion among software researchers. They are based on a review of research guidelines developed for medical researchers and on our own experience in doing and reviewing software engineering research. The guidelines are intended to assist researchers, reviewers, and meta-analysts in designing, conducting, and evaluating empirical studies. Editorial boards of software engineering journals may wish to use our recommendations as a basis for developing guidelines for reviewers and for framing policies for dealing with the design, data collection, and analysis and reporting of empirical studies.}, added-at = {2009-03-24T14:13:23.000+0100}, author = {Kitchenham, B.A. and Pfleeger, S.L. and Pickard, L.M. and Jones, P.W. and Hoaglin, D.C. and Emam, K. El and Rosenberg, J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/280aef36fcbf32fc21683ecc834c7505c/kolli}, doi = {10.1109/TSE.2002.1027796}, interhash = {94a262c16d3cb6f5c2f23d849ea08c68}, intrahash = {80aef36fcbf32fc21683ecc834c7505c}, issn = {0098-5589}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering}, keywords = {research_methods software_engineering}, month = Aug, number = 8, pages = {721-734}, timestamp = {2009-03-24T14:13:23.000+0100}, title = {Preliminary guidelines for empirical research in software engineering}, volume = 28, year = 2002 }