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Replication of experimental results in software engineering.
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Brooks, A. Daly, J. Miller, J. Roper, M. Wood, M. |
| Abstract | Carrying out empirical studies is widely held to be of importance. A view less widely held is that experiments should be replicated externally (i.e. by different researchers) to both verify and validate the original results. This paper serves two main functions. First, the need for external replications is established. The role of replication in experimental software engineering is discussed. Without the confirming power of external replications, results in experimental software engineering should only be provisionally accepted, if at all. An extension to the framework for experimentation in software engineering by Basili et al [5] is proposed to differentiate between the various kinds of internal and external replication and their powers of confirmation and to allow a better appreciation of the context of a piece of empirical work. Second, this paper presents a concrete example of an external replication of an experiment which tested the benefits to maintenance of using modular code a... |
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| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Software Engineering External Replication Experimental Result Experimental Software Engineering Main Function Concrete Example Modular Code Original Result Empirical Study Empirical Work Various Kind Different Researcher |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
