Barbara Ann Kitchenham
Abstract
In the last article we considered how to identify the context for a case study and how to define and validate a case study hypothesis. In this article, we continue my discussion of the eight steps involved in a quantitative case study by considering the remaining six steps: selecting the host projects; identifying the method of comparison; minimising the effect of confounding factors, planning the case study, monitoring the case study, analysing the results.
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- Evaluating software eng. methods and tools part 10: designing and running a quantitative case study
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