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Empirical Research in Software Engineering
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Empirical Research in Software Engineering

by Ruchika Malhotra
March 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
498 pages
18h 20m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
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heavier than B with weight 100pounds. Simple counts are represented by absolute scale.
The example of simple counts is number of faults, LOC, and number of methods. In abso-
lute type of scale, the descriptive statistics such as mean, median, and standard deviation
can be applied to summarize data.
Nonmetric type of data can be measured on nominal or ordinal scales. Nominal scale
divides metric into classes, categories, or levels without considering any order or rank
between these classes. For example, Change is either present or not present in a class.
Change
no change present
1, change present
=
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ISBN: 9781498719735