Evidence-Based Software Engineering for Practitioners

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January/February 2005 (vol. 22 no. 1)

pp. 58-65

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	Tore Dyba, Barbara A. Kitchenham, Magne Jorgensen, "Evidence-Based Software Engineering for Practitioners," IEEE Software, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 58-65, January/February, 2005.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MS.2005.6, author = {Tore Dyba and Barbara A. Kitchenham and Magne Jorgensen}, title = {Evidence-Based Software Engineering for Practitioners}, journal ={IEEE Software}, volume = {22}, number = {1}, issn = {0740-7459}, year = {2005}, pages = {58-65}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2005.6}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Software TI - Evidence-Based Software Engineering for Practitioners IS - 1 SN - 0740-7459 SP58 EP65 EPD - 58-65 A1 - Tore Dyba, A1 - Barbara A. Kitchenham, A1 - Magne Jorgensen, PY - 2005 KW - evidence KW - empirical software engineering KW - evaluation VL - 22 JA - IEEE Software ER -

Tore Dyba, Simula Research Laboratory and SINTEF ICT

Barbara A. Kitchenham, NICTA and Keele University

Magne Jorgensen, Simula Research Laboratory

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2005.6

Software engineers might make incorrect decisions about adopting new techniques if they don?t consider scientific evidence about the techniques? efficacy. Procedures used for evidence-based medicine can also apply to software engineering. Such evidence-based software engineering fits well with current ideas concerning software process improvement and could be an important means for closing the gap between research and practice. However, EBSE presents difficulties for practitioners because current software engineering research is limited and not reported in a manner that assists accumulation and evaluation of evidence.

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evidence, empirical software engineering, evaluation

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Tore Dyba, Barbara A. Kitchenham, Magne Jorgensen, "Evidence-Based Software Engineering for Practitioners," IEEE Software, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 58-65, Jan./Feb. 2005, doi:10.1109/MS.2005.6

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