Towards a unified checklist for empirical research in software engineering: First proposal

IET Seminar Digest

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-165

  Wieringa, Roel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Empirical research methodology; experimental research; observational research; unified checklist

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; GENERAL ENGINEERING; OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH; UNIFIED CHECKLIST;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84865454910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ic.2012.0020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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