Cohort Studies in Software Engineering
Nyyti Saarimäki, Valentina Lenarduzzi, Sira Vegas, Natália Juristo, Davide Taibi
Abstract
Background. Most Mining Software Repositories (MSR) studies cannot obtain causal relations because they are not controlled experiments. The use of cohort studies as defined in epidemiology could help to overcome this shortcoming.
Topics & Concepts
Computer scienceSoftwareCohortCohort studySoftware engineeringData scienceStatisticsMathematicsProgramming languageSoftware Engineering ResearchSoftware Reliability and Analysis ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices