Personal opinion surveys

Guide to Advanced Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 63-92

  Kitchenham, Barbara A ^a   Pfleeger, Shari L ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 84890134031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-044-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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