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Challenges in Survey Research
While being an important and often used research method, survey research has
been less often discussed on a methodological level in empirical software
engineering than other types of research. This chapter compiles a set of
important and challenging issues in survey research based on experiences with
several large-scale international surveys. The chapter covers theory building,
sampling, invitation and follow-up, statistical as well as qualitative analysis
of survey data and the usage of psychometrics in software engineering surveys.Comment: Accepted version of chapter in the upcoming book on Contemporary
Empirical Methods in Software Engineering. Update includes revision of typos
and additional figures. Last update includes fixing two small issues and
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