Are Students Representatives of Professionals in Software Engineering Experiments?

Background: Most of the experiments in software engineering (SE) employ students as subjects. This raises concerns about the realism of the results acquired through students and adaptability of the results to software industry. Aim: We compare students and professionals to understand how well studen...

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Published in:	2015 IEEE/ACM 37th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering Vol. 1; pp. 666 - 676
Main Authors:	Salman, Iflaah, Misirli, Ayse Tosun, Juristo, Natalia
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 01.05.2015
Subjects:	code quality Complexity theory Context empirical study experimentation Industries Inspection Measurement Software test-driven development Training
ISSN:	0270-5257
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