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Principles of survey research part 6: data analysis

Published: 01 March 2003 Publication History

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This article is the last of our series of articles on survey research. In it, we discuss how to analyze survey data. We provide examples of correct and incorrect analysis techniques used in software engineering surveys.

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cover image ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes  Volume 28, Issue 2
March 2003
158 pages
ISSN:0163-5948
DOI:10.1145/638750
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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 01 March 2003
Published in SIGSOFT Volume 28, Issue 2

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