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Inferencing into the void: problems with implicit populations Comments on `Empirical software engineering experts on the use of students and professionals in experiments'
Martin Shepperd
I welcome the contribution from Falessi et al. [1] hereafter referred to as F++ , and the ensuing debate. Experimentation is an important tool within empirical software engineering…
An Experimental Evaluation of a De-biasing Intervention for Professional Software Developers
Martin Shepperd, Carolyn Mair, Magne Jørgensen
CONTEXT: The role of expert judgement is essential in our quest to improve software project planning and execution. However, its accuracy is dependent on many factors, not least th…
Bad Smells in Software Analytics Papers
Tim Menzies, Martin Shepperd
CONTEXT: There has been a rapid growth in the use of data analytics to underpin evidence-based software engineering. However the combination of complex techniques, diverse reportin…
Replication studies considered harmful
Martin Shepperd
CONTEXT: There is growing interest in establishing software engineering as an evidence-based discipline. To that end, replication is often used to gain confidence in empirical find…