Evidence-based software engineering and systematic reviews / Barbara Ann Kitchenham, David Budgen, Pearl Brereton.
By: Kitchenham, B. A [author.].
Contributor(s): Budgen, D. (David) [author.] | Brereton, Pearl [author.].
Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC innovations in software engineering and software development: Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2016Description: xxxiv, 399 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781482228656.Subject(s): Software engineering -- Research | Software engineering -- Decision makingGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QA76.758 .K58 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000008929 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-389) and index.
I. Evidence-based practices in software engineering -- The evidence-based paradigm -- Evidence-based software engineering (EBSE) -- Using systematic reviews in software engineering -- Planning a systematic review -- Searching for primary studies -- Study selection -- Assessing study quality -- Extracting study data -- Mapping study analysis -- Qualitative synthesis -- Meta-analysis -- Reporting a systematic review -- Tool support for systematic reviews -- Evidence to practice : knowledge translation and diffusion -- II. The systematic reviewer's perspective of primary studies -- Primary studies and their role in EBSE -- Controlled experiments and quasi-experiments -- Surveys -- Case studies -- Qualitative studies -- Data mining studies -- Replicated and distributed studies -- III. Guidelines for systematic reviews -- Systematic review and mapping study procedures.