A Structured Approach for Conducting a Series of Controlled Experiments in Software Visualization

Richard Müller, Pascal Kovacs, Jan Schilbach, Ulrich W. Eisenecker, Dirk Zeckzer, Gerik Scheuermann

2014

Abstract

In the field of software visualization controlled experiments are an important instrument to investigate the specific reasons, why some software visualizations excel the expectations on providing insights and ease task solving while others fail doing so. Despite this, controlled experiments in software visualization are rare. A reason for this is the fact that performing such evaluations in general, and particularly performing them in a way that minimizes the threats to validity, is hard to accomplish. In this paper, we present a structured approach on how to conduct a series of controlled experiments in order to give empirical evidence for advantages and disadvantages of software visualizations in general and of 2D vs. 3D software visualizations in particular.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Müller R., Kovacs P., Schilbach J., Eisenecker U., Zeckzer D. and Scheuermann G. (2014). A Structured Approach for Conducting a Series of Controlled Experiments in Software Visualization . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-005-5, pages 204-209. DOI: 10.5220/0004835202040209

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ivapp14,
author={Richard Müller and Pascal Kovacs and Jan Schilbach and Ulrich W. Eisenecker and Dirk Zeckzer and Gerik Scheuermann},
title={A Structured Approach for Conducting a Series of Controlled Experiments in Software Visualization},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={204-209},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004835202040209},
isbn={978-989-758-005-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2014)
TI - A Structured Approach for Conducting a Series of Controlled Experiments in Software Visualization
SN - 978-989-758-005-5
AU - Müller R.
AU - Kovacs P.
AU - Schilbach J.
AU - Eisenecker U.
AU - Zeckzer D.
AU - Scheuermann G.
PY - 2014
SP - 204
EP - 209
DO - 10.5220/0004835202040209