Items tagged with 'ExperimentationinSoftwareEngineering'

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• Response Variable: "Variables studied to see the effect of the changes in the independent variables. The values gathered for those variables are the output of the experiment."
• Experiment: "Experiment (or controlled experimente) in software engineering is an empirical inquiry that manipulates one factor or variable of the studied setting. Based in randomization, different treatments a..."
• Factor: "An experiment studies the effect of changing one or more independent variables. Those variables are called factors."
• Treatment: "An experiment studies the effect of changing one or more independent variables. Those variables are called factors. A treatment is one particular value of a factor. "
• Hypothesis: "A hypothesis (plural hypotheses) is a testable statement dervied from theory propositions, so that the theory may be confirmed or disconfirmed."
• Body of Knowledge: "A Body of Knowledge is the sum of generally accepted knowledge on a specific subject. In software engineering, the SWEBOK (SoftWare Engineering Body Of Knowledge) is defined as an all-inclusive ..."