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Exam Inspection - Different Room & Book Your Timeslot

Written on 27.03.23 by Norman Peitek

Dear students,

we have two important information for you:

1. The exam inspection for this course will be in room 2.18 in E1.1 (not as originally planned in HS002).

2. We have separated the inspection into four 30 minute slots. You have to register for one of the slots via the personal… Read more

Dear students,

we have two important information for you:

1. The exam inspection for this course will be in room 2.18 in E1.1 (not as originally planned in HS002).

2. We have separated the inspection into four 30 minute slots. You have to register for one of the slots via the personal status page in the CMS. You are only allowed to register for one slot and you can only partake in the inspection in the slot that you registered for. Each slot is limited to 5 people. The spots in the slots are distributed first come first serve. If you don't get a slot because they are full, please write us an email.

Best,

EmpSE-Team

Exam Results Online

Written on 24.03.23 (last change on 24.03.23) by Norman Peitek

Dear students,

we just published the results of the exam and your grades on the CMS.

Grade: Point range

1.0: 57 ≤ points < -

1.3: 54 ≤ points < 57

1.7: 51 ≤ points < 54

2.0: 48 ≤ points < 51

2.3: 45 ≤ points < 48

2.7: 42 ≤ … Read more

Dear students,

we just published the results of the exam and your grades on the CMS.

Grade: Point range

1.0: 57 ≤ points < -

1.3: 54 ≤ points < 57

1.7: 51 ≤ points < 54

2.0: 48 ≤ points < 51

2.3: 45 ≤ points < 48

2.7: 42 ≤ points < 45

3.0: 39 ≤ points < 42

3.3: 36 ≤ points < 39

3.7: 33 ≤ points < 36

4.0: 30 ≤ points < 33

The exam inspection for this course will take place on April 5th 2023 from 9 - 11 am. More information will follow soon.

Best,

EmpSE team

Issues with the Exam Registration

Written on 17.03.23 by Norman Peitek

Dear students,

we have been made aware of two issues regarding the exam registration.

1. You only need to register on the LSF. There is no registration on the CMS.

2. If this course does not show up for you on LSF or you cannot register for the exam, please send us an email until… Read more

Dear students,

we have been made aware of two issues regarding the exam registration.

1. You only need to register on the LSF. There is no registration on the CMS.

2. If this course does not show up for you on LSF or you cannot register for the exam, please send us an email until tomorrow, March 18th. The examination office was unable to find a reason why it does not work for some of you today. We will try to clarify on Monday whether students who are unable to register on LSF can participate in the exam. But, we must have an email indicating the interest in registering for the exam.

Best,

EmpSE team

Exam (De)Registration Deadline

Written on 17.03.23 by Norman Peitek

Dear students,

this is just a friendly reminder to register (or deregister) on LSF from the exam by tomorrow, March 18th.

If you haven't already done so, we would ask you to please fill out the QUALIS evaluation as well. The link is available under materials on the… Read more

Dear students,

this is just a friendly reminder to register (or deregister) on LSF from the exam by tomorrow, March 18th.

If you haven't already done so, we would ask you to please fill out the QUALIS evaluation as well. The link is available under materials on the CMS.

Best,

EmpSE team

No Q&A

Written on 16.03.23 by Norman Peitek

Dear students,

as there are no questions on the forum, we will not have a Q&A.

Best,

EmpSE team

Reminder to Ask Questions on the Forum for Q&A

Written on 14.03.23 by Norman Peitek

Dear students,

this is a friendly reminder that you have the option to ask questions on the forum. We will move the Q&A from Wednesday to Thursday to give you more time. The Q&A will be on Thursday at 13:00 (s.t.) on zoom. The link will be provided in the materials section. We will try to… Read more

Dear students,

If there are no questions until Wednesday 23:59, there will be no Q&A. But you can still use the forum until the exam.

Best,

EmpSE team

Block Lecture "Empirical Software Engineering Research" Starting In Person on Monday

Written on 03.03.23 by Norman Peitek

Dear students,

just a friendly reminder that the block lecture "Empirical Software Engineering Research" is starting on Monday, March 6th. The lecture starts exactly at 8:30am (s.t.) only in person at HS002 in E1.3. Due to the organizational complexity, we are not offering an online stream of… Read more

Dear students,

Best,

EmpSE team

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Empirical Software Engineering Research

Empirical software engineering research plays an important role to improve software engineering by studying its processes, tools, and humans with empirical methods. In this lecture, we provide an overview of typical quantitative and qualitative research methods. We discuss in-depth on how to properly conduct empirical studies and interpret collected data. Specific topics will include:

Importance of empirical methods in SE
Controlled experiments
Experiment designs and threats to validity
Data measurement and descriptive statistics
Data analysis and inference statistics
Experiment conduct
Qualitative studies (e.g., surveys, case studies, interviews)
Secondary studies (e.g., systematic literature reviews)
Further topics (e.g., replication, open science, ethics, report writing)

In addition to the lectures, we plan for several guest lectures on current topics in empirical software engineering research.

Important Note on Lecture Format

This course will take place in March 2023 as an intensive one-week block course from Monday, 06.03.2023 to Friday, 10.03.2023. On each day, we will have lectures in the morning (8:30 - 12:00) and one in the afternoon (14:00 - 16:00). You will need to attend the lectures to participate in the mini tests during the lectures. Successful participation in the mini tests is a prerequisite for the written exam. Please bring an Internet-compatible device (e.g., laptop, smartphone) to submit answers for the mini tests. The answers will be submitted here on the CMS, so please make sure you remember your login. Further details will be shared during the first lecture.

After the lecture week, we provide an optional exercise sheet to practice the contents of this course. In the following week (13.03.2023 to 17.03.2023), we will have an online office hour to discuss open questions.

This is a 4 CP course.

Registration

To obtain access to the course material and to participate in the mini tests, you must register via this CMS course. Registration ends on 06.03.2023 23:59 (at the end of the first day of the lectures).

Exam

The written exam will be on Wednesday, 22th of March 2023. There is no re-exam.

You will need to register in the LSF/Hispos until 18th of March 2023 for the exam. We cannot help if you missed the registration deadline.

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisites. An understanding of the basics of software engineering is beneficial.

Required Reading

Norman Peitek, Janet Siegmund, and Sven Apel. What Drives the Reading Order of Programmers? An Eye Tracking Study. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC), pages 342–353. ACM, October 2020.

Literature

Wohlin et al., Experimentation in Software Engineering, Springer, 2012
Juristo and Moreno, Basics of Software Engineering Experimentation, Springer, 2001
Felderer and Travassos, Contemporary Empirical Methods in Software Engineering. Springer, 2020.
Prechelt, Kontrollierte Experimente in der Softwaretechnik: Potenzial und Methodik, Springer, 2001