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Sat 3 May 2025 16:00 - 16:18 at 203 - Qualitative Aspects Chair(s): Andreas Jedlitschka

The usage of figures to represent data or concepts in scientific articles is a common practice. We aim to understand what figures are used for in SE articles and in particular how quantitative data is represented. For this purpose we analyzed 865 articles published in leading software engineering scientific conferences and journals and classified 6342 figures and their contents. 47% of the figures are used to convey quantitative information and the rest depict more abstract non-quantitative information. The most common types of quantitative diagrams are bar plots, box plots, and line plots, accounting for 75% of the quantitative figures. We also found that each figure contains 1.6 errors, although 75% of them do not contain any critical error. Critical blatant errors are found in less than 5% of the figures.

Sat 3 May

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16:00 - 17:30
Qualitative AspectsWSESE at 203
Chair(s): Andreas Jedlitschka Fraunhofer IESE
16:00
18m
Talk
Exploring How SE Academic Papers Use Figures
WSESE
Marco Torchiano Politecnico di Torino, Lorenzo Laudadio Politecnico di Torino
DOI Pre-print
16:18
18m
Talk
Integrating Positionality Statements in Empirical Software Engineering Research
WSESE
Breno Felix de Sousa Federal University of Pernambuco, Ronnie de Souza Santos University of Calgary, Kiev Gama Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
16:36
15m
Talk
Methodological and Practical Challenges in Longitudinal, Large Scale, Collaborative Questionnaire Survey Research
WSESE
Miikka Kuutila Dalhousie University, Paul Ralph Dalhousie University
16:51
15m
Talk
Analyzing and interpreting software development cost estimation error
WSESE
Magne Jørgensen Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering
Pre-print
17:06
19m
Live Q&A
Qualitative Aspects: Discussion
WSESE

17:25
5m
Other
Conclusions
WSESE
Sira Vegas Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Andreas Jedlitschka Fraunhofer IESE
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