NDLI: Widening the scope of evidence gathering in software engineering

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Oates, B.J.
Copyright Year	2004
Description	Author affiliation: Sch. of Comput., Teesside Univ., Middlesbrough, UK (Oates, B.J.)
Abstract	This paper argues that the empirical evaluation of software engineering requires a wider range of strategies and data generation methods than has been used until now. It can learn from its sister discipline of information systems (IS). The paper summarises a range of strategies and methods that could be used. However, adoption of some of the additional strategies and methods would require software engineers to examine their assumptions about the nature of evidence and how it should be evaluated. The paper therefore explains the scientific, positivist paradigm and the interpretive paradigm. It argues for including qualitative methods and the interpretive paradigm in the empirical evaluation of software engineering. Finally the paper reflects on the implications for research and practice of having a range of available strategies and methods and two contrasting underlying philosophies.
Sponsorship	IEEE Comput. Soc. IWCASE-International Workshop on CASE Reengineering Forum
Starting Page	59
Ending Page	64
File Size	93724
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769522181
DOI	10.1109/STEP.2003.39
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-09-19
Publisher Place	Netherlands
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Software engineering Information systems Drugs Statistical analysis Human factors Rhetoric Logic Computer science Mathematics Medical services
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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