3 papers
cs.SE2025
Oops!... I did it again. Analysing and Handling Conclusion (In-)Stability in Socio-Technical Software Engineering
Nicole Hoess, Carlos Paradis, Rick Kazman +1
Context: Mining software repositories is a popular means to gain insights into a software project's evolution, monitor project health, support decisions and derive best practices.…
cs.SE2025
Does the Tool Matter? Exploring Some Causes of Threats to Validity in Mining Software Repositories
Nicole Hoess, Carlos Paradis, Rick Kazman +1
Software repositories are an essential source of information for software engineering research on topics such as project evolution and developer collaboration. Appropriate mining t…
cs.SE2021
In Search of Socio-Technical Congruence: A Large-Scale Longitudinal Study
Wolfgang Mauerer, Mitchell Joblin, Damian A. Tamburri +3
We report on a large-scale empirical study investigating the relevance of socio-technical congruence over key basic software quality metrics, namely, bugs and churn. In particular,…