An empirical comparison of ethnic and gender diversity of DevOps and non-DevOps contributions to open-source projects

Abstract

Appendix A: Results for various diversity indices. Appendix B: Results when all unknown genders are considered female. (RQ1) Does the ethnic and gender diversity of DevOps contributors differ from ethnic and gender diversity of non-DevOps contributors? (RQ2) How does the distribution of ethnic and gender diversity change as projects age? Appendix C: Results when the threshold number of DevOps file changes in the definition of a "DevOps contributor" is two. (PA) Preliminary Analysis: Identifying DevOps and non-DevOps Contributors (RQ1) Does the ethnic and gender diversity of DevOps contributors differ from ethnic and gender diversity of non-DevOps contributors? (RQ2) How does the distribution of ethnic and gender diversity change as projects age? Appendix D: Results when the threshold number of DevOps file changes in the definition of "DevOps contributor" is ten. (PA) Preliminary Analysis: Identifying DevOps and non-DevOps Contributors (RQ1) Does the ethnic and gender diversity of DevOps contributors differ from ethnic and gender diversity of non-DevOps contributors? (RQ2) How does the distribution of ethnic and gender diversity change as projects age? Appendix E: Results when developers perceived as from MENA countries are considered as a separate ethnic group. (RQ1) Does the ethnic and gender diversity of DevOps contributors differ from ethnic and gender diversity of non-DevOps contributors? (RQ2) How does the distribution of ethnic and gender diversity change as projects age? Appendix F: Results for the dataset of GitHub repositories using GH Actions (PA) Preliminary Analysis: Identifying DevOps and non-DevOps Contributors (RQ1) Does the ethnic and gender diversity of DevOps contributors differ from ethnic and gender diversity of non-DevOps contributors? (RQ2) How does the distribution of ethnic and gender diversity change as projects age? Appendix G: Results after removing the contributors who change their names from one to another and there are slight variations in their ethnicities and genders inferred by the tools after the change. (PA) Preliminary Analysis: Identifying DevOps and non-DevOps Contributors (RQ1) Does the ethnic and gender diversity of DevOps contributors differ from ethnic and gender diversity of non-DevOps contributors? Appendix H: Triangulating with Canedo et al. [2] References