Gäller från och med: Autumn 2015
Beslutad av: FN1/Anders Gustafsson
Datum för fastställande: 2015-03-15
Avdelning: Computer Science (LTH)
Kurstyp: Ren forskarutbildningskurs
Undervisningsspråk: English
Provide doctoral students with research methodology competence. The course aims at providing an overview of case study methodology for software engineering research. The methodology will guide doctoral students in their research and provide a toolbox for conducting empirical research at the highest international level.
Kunskap och förståelse
För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden be familiar with and able to describe key characteristics of case study research methodology, and be able to compare case studies to experiments and and survey methodology, and to decide which methodology is feasible for different research questions.
Färdighet och förmåga
För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden through practical excercises show the ability to define, prepare and review case study research.
Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt
För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden
- Definitions: o What is a case study? What is actions research? Quantitative and qualitative aspects of a case study. Fixed and flexible factors in empirical studies. o When is case study a feasible research method? - Setting up a case study. o Defining scope and goal of a case study. Setting up contracts between the researcher and the studied organization. o Units of analysis, theoretical framework, research questions, propositions and hypotheses. o Legal, ethical and professional issues. - Data collection: o Defining procedures for data collection. Questionnaire design. Interviews. Metrics collection. Archival data collection. Focus groups. - Data analysis and interpretation: o Data filtering. Qualitative and quantitative analysis. Data interpretation in conjunction with the organization. - Tools for data analysis. - Reporting: o What should be reported in a case study? Issues of secrecy and publicity. Audience for different types of reports. - Validity issues: o Analysis of validity and actions to improve the validity of a case study. - Synthesizing case studies. - Report case study proposals. - Peer reviews of case studies.
tts-pru, tts-mho & tts-bre: Case Study Research in Software Engineering – Guidelines and Examples.
Undervisningsformer: Seminarier, övningar
Examinationsformer: Inlämningsuppgifter, seminarieföredrag av deltagarna
Betygsskala: Underkänd, godkänd
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Hemsida: http://serg.cs.lth.se/education/case-study-research/