Content Analysis of Conclusions of Empirical Studies in Software Engineering
worked on by: Lars Spitzlay
A group of 8 participants of course Empirical Methods in Informatics
has attempted to characterize the "Conclusion(s)" sections of empirical works in the ICSE technical research track
as follows:
using Open Coding, derive a set of concepts by which to characterize and classify the contents of those sections
using Content Analysis, quantify the observations in terms of those concepts by using them as codes
The work for this thesis is
taking part in that group
analyzing the quality of the outcomes
deriving an improved set of concepts
applying them on at least some part of the articles
present the results
analyze the differences to the course outcomes and speculate about the reasons