The role and value of replication in empirical software engineering results
- Submitting institution
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Brunel University London
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 052-184047-8735
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.infsof.2018.01.006
- Title of journal
- Information And Software Technology
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- First page
- 120
- Volume
- 99
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0950-5849
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/15799
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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2 - Software, Systems & Security (SSS)
- Citation count
- 5
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper shows that meta-analysis is a more powerful method than simple pairwise replication for empirical research. It has directly influenced replication studies by U Federal do Para/N Arizona U, Helsinki/Toronto/Macedonia/IIT Delhi/Huddersfield and Istanbul Tech U. Martin Shepperd was supported by the EPSRC Grant EP/P025196/1. Steve Counsell was supported by the EPSRC Grants EP/M024083/1 and EP/N011627/1.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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