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- 15:25, 17 September 2015 Experiment (hist) [1,769 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '=Definition= ==English== '''Experiment''' An experiment is a form of empirical study where the researcher has control over some of the conditions in which the study takes pl...')
- 15:24, 17 September 2015 Experiment Design (hist) [850 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Experiment design''' A design of an experiment describes how the tests are organized and run. The design and the statistical analysis are clo...')
- 15:23, 17 September 2015 Execution Control (hist) [172 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Execution Control''' Execution control describes how much control the research has over the study. = Reference = *(WOHLIN et al., 2000).')
- 15:22, 17 September 2015 Executable Model (hist) [436 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Executable Model''' Executable model is the model concepts transformed into a computer executable language. == Portuguese == '''Modelo Execu...')
- 15:19, 17 September 2015 Event (hist) [428 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Event''' Event is a condition that occurs at a point in time which causes a change in the state of the system. == Portuguese == '''Evento'''...')
- 15:18, 17 September 2015 Ethnography (hist) [1,608 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Ethnography''' Ethnography is a form of research focusing on the sociology of meaning through field observation. The goal is to study a commu...')
- 15:17, 17 September 2015 Epistemology (hist) [317 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Epistemology''' Studies the nature of human knowledge and how it is obtained. == Portuguese == '''Epistemologia''' Estuda a natureza do con...')
- 15:17, 17 September 2015 Engineering Method (hist) [165 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Engineering Method''' The current solutions are studied and changes are proposed, and then evaluated. = Reference = *(GLASS, 1994)')
- 15:16, 17 September 2015 Empirical Validity (hist) [1,040 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Empirical Validity''' Empirical validity consists in convincing the readers that the conclusions drawn from an empirical study are valid, in...')
- 15:15, 17 September 2015 Empirical Study (hist) [423 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Empirical Study''' It is an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a hypothesis, involving an invest...')
- 15:15, 17 September 2015 Empirical Method (hist) [227 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Empirical Method''' A model is proposed and evaluated through empirical studies, for example, case studies or experiments. = Reference = *(G...')
- 15:14, 17 September 2015 Embedded Case Study (hist) [532 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Embedded Case Study''' The same case study involves more than one unit of analysis if attention is given to subunit(s) within the case. == P...')
- 15:14, 17 September 2015 Dynamic Simulation (hist) [514 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Dynamic Simulation''' It is a type of simulation where the simulation model captures the behaviour of model parameters over a specified perio...')
- 15:13, 17 September 2015 Dynamic Analysis (hist) [704 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '=Definition= ==English== '''Dynamic Analysis''' ==Portuguese== '''Análise Dinâmica''' Um produto é executado com o propósito de avaliar o seu desempenho. Muitos métod...')
- 15:12, 17 September 2015 Discrete Variable (hist) [698 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Discrete Variable''' If a random variable is discrete, then the set of all values that it can assume with non-zero probability is finite or c...')
- 15:11, 17 September 2015 Deterministic Simulation (hist) [783 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Deterministic simulation''' It is a type of simulation where the simulation model that does not contain probabilistic components. In a determ...')
- 15:10, 17 September 2015 Dependent Variable (hist) [873 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '=Definition= ==English== '''Dependent Variable''' Are the variables we want to study to see the effect of the changes in the independent variables. They are also called res...')
- 15:08, 17 September 2015 Data Collection (hist) [634 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Data collection''' This is the task of collecting the data generated during the experiment. Data can be collected either manually by the par...')
- 15:07, 17 September 2015 Cross-sectional Survey Design (hist) [594 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Cross-sectional survey design''' A kind of survey design where the participants are asked for information at a particular point in time. This...')
- 15:06, 17 September 2015 Critical Theory (hist) [866 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Critical theory''' Critical Theory judges scientific knowledge by its ability to free people from restrictive systems of thought. == Portugu...')
- 15:05, 17 September 2015 Critical Region (hist) [297 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '=Definition= == English == '''Critical Region''' A set of outcomes of a statistical test that leads to the rejection of the null hypothesis. ==Portuguese== '''Região Crít...')
- 15:04, 17 September 2015 Convenience Sampling (hist) [162 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Convenience Sampling''' The nearest and most convenient persons are selected as subjects. = Reference = *(WOHLIN et al., 2000).')
- 15:04, 17 September 2015 Random Assignment (hist) [825 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Random Assignment''' Random assignment provided a means of comparing the yields of different treatments in a manner that ruled out most alter...')
- 15:03, 17 September 2015 Independent Variables (hist) [709 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Independent Variables''' Independent variables are all variables in a process that are manipulated and controlled, e.g., a development method...')
- 15:02, 17 September 2015 Treatment (hist) [341 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '=Definition= == English == '''Treatment''' It is one particular value of a factor. The treatment is applied to the combination of objects and subjects. ==Portuguese== '''Tr...')
- 15:01, 17 September 2015 Subject (hist) [1,415 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Subject''' The people that apply the treatment are called subjects. This term is mainly used when people are considered with respect to diffe...')
- 15:01, 17 September 2015 Controlled Experiment (hist) [1,487 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Controlled Experiment''' A controlled experiment is an investigation of a testable hypothesis where one or more independent variables are man...')
- 15:00, 17 September 2015 Control Object (hist) [270 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '=Definition= == English == '''Control Object''' ==Portuguese== '''Objeto de Controle''' É a versão oráculo da entidade que é estudada no experimento, utilizada para efe...')
- 14:59, 17 September 2015 Continuous Variables (hist) [947 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Continuous Variables''' In probability theory, a probability distribution is called continuous if its cumulative distribution function is con...')
- 14:54, 17 September 2015 Continuous Simulation (hist) [645 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Continuous Simulation''' It is a type of simulation where the simulation model updates the values of the model variables representing the mod...')
- 14:53, 17 September 2015 Context of Study (hist) [565 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Context of study''' The context is the “environment” in which the experiment is run. The context briefly defines which personnel are invo...')
- 14:52, 17 September 2015 Constructivism (hist) [2,175 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Constructivism''' Also known as interpretivism, rejects the idea that scientific knowledge can be separated from its human context. The inte...')
- 14:51, 17 September 2015 Construct Validity (hist) [498 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '=Definition= == English == '''Construct Validity''' Construct validity concerns generalizing the result of the experiment to the concept or theory behind the experiment. It...')
- 14:50, 17 September 2015 Confounding Factor (hist) [671 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Confounding factor''' When the effect of one factor cannot be properly distinguished from the effect of another factor, the two factors are c...')
- 14:50, 17 September 2015 Concurrent Triangulation Strategy (hist) [526 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Concurrent Triangulation Strategy''' The concurrent triangulation strategy uses different methods concurrently, in an attempt to confirm, cro...')
- 14:49, 17 September 2015 Conclusion Validity (hist) [666 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '=Definition= == English == '''Conclusion Validity''' Threats to the conclusion validity are concerned with issues that affect the ability to draw the correct conclusion abo...')
- 14:48, 17 September 2015 CMD (hist) [564 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Cooperative Method Development''' == Portuguese == '''Método de Desenvolvimento Cooperativo''' Abordagem de pesquisa para Engenharia de Sof...')
- 14:47, 17 September 2015 Closed Question (hist) [472 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Closed Question''' A question is closed when the respondents are asked to select an answer from a list of predefined answers. == Portuguese...')
- 14:46, 17 September 2015 Checklist (hist) [291 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Checklist''' A kind of survey instrument. == Portuguese == '''Checklist''' Um tipo de instrumento de survey. = Reference = *Kitchenham, B....')
- 14:45, 17 September 2015 Central Limit Theory (hist) [594 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Central Limit Theory''' The central limit theorem (CLT) states that the sum of a sufficiently large number of identically distributed indepen...')
- 14:44, 17 September 2015 Causality Question (hist) [763 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Causality Question''' Causality questions try to explain why a relationship between two different phenomena holds by attempting to identify a...')
- 14:44, 17 September 2015 Case Study (hist) [1,283 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '=Definition= == English == '''Case Study''' A case study is an empirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context, especially when th...')
- 14:42, 17 September 2015 Blocking (hist) [814 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Blocking''' Blocking is used to systematically eliminate the undesired effect in the comparison among treatments. Within one block, the undes...')
- 14:41, 17 September 2015 Blocking Variables (hist) [246 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Blocking Variables''' Also known as undesired variations. == Portuguese == '''Variáveis de bloqueio''' = Reference = *Juristo, N.; Moreno,...')
- 14:41, 17 September 2015 Base-rate Question (hist) [761 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Base-rate Question''' Base-rate questions investigate the normal patterns of occurrence of the phenomena, giving the researcher a basis for s...')
- 14:40, 17 September 2015 Balancing (hist) [627 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Balancing''' If the treatments are assigned in such a way that each treatment has equal number of subjects, it will have a balanced design. B...')
- 14:35, 17 September 2015 Basic Research (hist) [683 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition= == English == Doing basic research, researchers develop new theories or study well-known problems to which neither specific solutions nor methods for accomplish...')
- 14:33, 17 September 2015 Assertions (hist) [2,091 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '=Definition= == English == '''Assertions''' The assertion category can be viewed as a value judgment by us on the effectiveness of an experiment performed by the developer....')
- 14:33, 17 September 2015 Analytical Method (hist) [159 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Analytical method''' A formal theory is proposed and then compared with empirical observations. = Reference = *(GLASS, 1994)')
- 14:32, 17 September 2015 Analytical Generalization (hist) [669 bytes] Admin (Talk | contribs) (Criou página com '= Definition = == English == '''Analytical Generalization''' Previously developed theory is used as a template with which to compare the empirical results of the case study....')
