Evaluating the structure of research papers: A case study
| Autor: | Gervasi, V, Wieringa, Roelf J., Heerkens, Johannes M.G., Zowghi, D., Sim, S.E. |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Comparative Evaluation in Requirements Engineering (CERE2004), 29-37 STARTPAGE=29;ENDPAGE=37;TITLE=Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Comparative Evaluation in Requirements Engineering (CERE2004) ISSUE=2;STARTPAGE=41;ENDPAGE=50;TITLE=Second International Workshop in Comparative Evaluation of Requirements Engineering, CERE 2004 |
| Popis: | This paper is triggered by a concern for the methodological soundness of research papers in RE. We propose a number of criteria for methodological soundness, and apply these to a random sample of 37 submissions to the RE'03 conference. From this application, we draw a number of conclusions that we claim are valid for a larger sample than just these 37 submissions. Our major observation is that most submissions in our sample are solution-oriented: they present a solution and illustrate it with a problem, rather than search for a solution to a given problem class; and most papers do not analyze why and when a solution works or does not work. We end with discussion of the need to improve the methodological soundness of research papers in RE. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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