Understanding the impact of assumptions on experimental validity

Proceedings - 2004 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, ISESE 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 251-260

  Carver, Jeff ^a   Vanvoorhis, John ^a   Basili, Victor ^a,b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b Fraunhofer USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; RESEARCH TOOLS; SOCIOLOGY;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 11244309416     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISESE.2004.1334912     Document Type: Conference Paper

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