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      Towards an Evidence-Based Understanding of Electronic Data Sources

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      14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE) (EASE)
      Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
      12 - 13 April 2010
      Evidence-Based Software Engineering, systematic literature review, systematic mapping study, primary study selection, search engine selection, database selection
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            Abstract

            Systematic Literature Reviews and Systematic Mapping Studies are relatively new forms of secondary studies in software engineering. Identifying relevant papers from various Electronic Data Sources (EDS) is one of the key activities of conducting these kinds of studies. Hence, the selection of EDS for searching the potentially relevant papers is an important decision, which can affect a study’s coverage of relevant papers. Researchers usually select EDS mainly based on personal knowledge, experience, and preferences and/or recommendations by other researchers. We believe that building an evidence-based understanding of EDS can enable researchers to make more informed decisions about the selection of EDS. This paper reports our initial effort towards this end. We propose an initial set of metrics for characterizing the EDS from the perspective of the needs of secondary studies. We explain the usage and benefits of the proposed metrics using the data gathered from two secondary studies. We also tried to synthesize the data from the two studies and that from literature to provide initial evidence-based heuristics for EDS selection.

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            Conference
            April 2010
            April 2010
            : 1-4
            Affiliations
            [0001]Lero, University of Limerick

            Limerick, Ireland
            [0002]IT University of Copenhagen

            Copenhagen, Denmark
            [0003]NICTA, UNSW

            Sydney, Australia
            Article
            10.14236/ewic/EASE2010.17
            5503b16c-c451-4c7a-8a65-5b4bca02a189
            © Lianipng Chen et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. 14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE), Keele University, UK

            This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

            14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE)
            EASE
            Keele University, UK
            12 - 13 April 2010
            Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
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            1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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            Electronic Workshops in Computing

            Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            Evidence-Based Software Engineering,systematic literature review,systematic mapping study,primary study selection,search engine selection,database selection

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