A Methodology for Collecting Valid Software Engineering Data

Basili, Victor R.; Weiss, David M.

doi:10.1007/3-540-27662-9_7

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“…Metric definition is made taking into account the specific characteristics of the system we wish to measure, the experience of the designers of these systems and our work hypotheses. A goal-oriented approach as GQM (Goal-Question-Metric [5]) can also be very useful in this step.…”

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Metrics for data warehouse conceptual models understandability

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Information and Software Technology

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Section: Methods For Defining Metricsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Metrics for data warehouse conceptual models understandability

Serrano

Trujillo

Calero

et al. 2007

Information and Software Technology

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“…The goal-question-metric (GQM) template, described by Basili and Weiss (1984) and Basili and Rombach (1988), helped us to determine which metrics were appropriate for evaluating pair effectiveness. The formal definition (Briand et al 1997) for the experiment is the following:…”

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An experimental investigation of personality types impact on pair effectiveness in pair programming

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In this paper, pair programming is empirically investigated from the perspective of developer personalities and temperaments and how they affect pair effectiveness. A controlled experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of developer personalities and temperaments on communication, pair performance and pair viability-collaboration. The experiment involved 70 undergraduate students and the objective was to compare pairs of heterogeneous developer personalities and temperaments with pairs of homogeneous personalities and temperaments, in terms of pair effectiveness. Pair effectiveness is expressed in terms of pair performance, measured by communication, velocity, design correctness and passed acceptance tests, and pair collaboration-viability measured by developers' satisfaction, knowledge acquisition and participation. The results have shown that there is important difference between the two groups, indicating better communication, pair performance and pair collaboration-viability for the pairs with heterogeneous personalities and temperaments. In order to provide an objective assessment of the differences between the two groups of pairs, a number of statistical tests and stepwise Discriminant Analysis were used.

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“…Using the GQM template (Basili and Rombach 1988;Basili and Weiss 1984;Van Solingen and Berghout 1999), we defined the goal of our experiment as follows: …”

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Building measure-based prediction models for UML class diagram maintainability

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The usefulness of measures for the analysis and design of object oriented (OO) software is increasingly being recognized in the field of software engineering research. In particular, recognition of the need for early indicators of external quality attributes is increasing. We investigate through experimentation whether a collection of UML class diagram measures could be good predictors of two main subcharacteristics of the maintainability of class diagrams: understandability and modifiability. Results obtained from a controlled experiment and a replica support the idea that useful prediction models for class diagrams understandability and modifiability can be built on the basis of early measures, in particular, measures that capture structural complexity through associations and generalizations. Moreover, these measures seem to be correlated with the subjective perception of the subjects about the complexity of the diagrams. This fact shows, to some extent, that the objective measures capture the same aspects as the subjective ones. However, despite our encouraging findings, further empirical studies, especially using data Empir Software Eng (taken from real projects performed in industrial settings, are needed. Such further study will yield a comprehensive body of knowledge and experience about building prediction models for understandability and modifiability.

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A Methodology for Collecting Valid Software Engineering Data

Cited by 119 publications

References 23 publications

Metrics for data warehouse conceptual models understandability

Metrics for data warehouse conceptual models understandability

An experimental investigation of personality types impact on pair effectiveness in pair programming

Building measure-based prediction models for UML class diagram maintainability

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