<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "Ethical Issues in Empirical Studies of Software Engineering"^^ . "The popularity of empirical methods in software engineering research is on the rise. Surveys,\nexperiments, metrics, case studies, and field studies are examples of empirical methods used to\ninvestigate both software engineering processes and products. The increased application of\nempirical methods has also brought about an increase in discussions about adapting these\nmethods to the peculiarities of software engineering. In contrast, the ethical issues raised by\nempirical methods have received little, if any, attention in the software engineering literature. This\narticle is intended to introduce the ethical issues raised by empirical research to the software\nengineering research community, and to stimulate discussion of how best to deal with these ethical\nissues. Through a review of the ethical codes of several fields that commonly employ humans and\nartifacts as research subjects, we have identified major ethical issues relevant to empirical studies\nof software engineering. These issues are illustrated with real empirical studies of software\nengineering."^^ . "2002-12" . . "28" . "12" . . "IEEE Transactions On Software Engineering"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Janice A."^^ . "Singer"^^ . "Janice A. Singer"^^ . . "Norman G."^^ . "Vinson"^^ . "Norman G. Vinson"^^ . . . . . . "Ethical Issues in Empirical Studies of Software Engineering (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . "NRC-44912.pdf"^^ . . . "Ethical Issues in Empirical Studies of Software Engineering (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "Ethical Issues in Empirical Studies of Software Engineering (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #3299 \n\nEthical Issues in Empirical Studies of Software Engineering\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Ethics" . .