Name;Title;Year;Venue;References;Topic;Overall research method;Data collection;Qualitative data analysis;Sampling;Nature of questions;Use of qualitative term;Use of the survey term
12;Understanding the Heterogeneity of Contributors in Bug Bounty Programs;2017;ESEM;;Software maintenance;MM - artifact analysis and quant and quali survey;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
18;What Makes Agile Test Artifacts Useful? An Activity-Based Quality Model from a Practitioners' Perspective;2020;ESEM;Ciolkowski;Agile;Qualitative survey;Interview;['Content analysis', 'Frequency analysis'];Purposive sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
23;An Interpretive Study of Software Risk Management Perspectives;2002;SAICSIT;;Software risk management;MM - Quant and quali survey;Interview;Inductive data analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
27;Drag-and-Drop Refactoring: Intuitive and Efficient Program Transformation;2013;ICSE;Corbin and Strauss;Software maintenance;Empirical evaluation;Self-administered questionnaire;Clustering;Convenience sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
30;A Conceptual Replication of Continuous Integration Pain Points in the Context of Travis CI;2019;FSE;;Software maintenance;MM - artifact analysis, survey and interviews;Self-administered questionnaire;Card sorting;Random sampling;Single open-ended question;Qualitative as non-technical data;Survey as a questionnaire
31;Releasing Fast and Slow: An Exploratory Case Study at ING;2019;FSE;['Corbin and Strauss', 'Flick'];Software Development processes;Case study;Self-administered questionnaire;Qualitative coding;Whole frame sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as non-technical data;Survey as a questionnaire
54;A Theory of Requirements Documentation Situated in Practice;2003;SIGDOC;;Requirements Engineering;Qualitative survey;Interview;Open, axial, and selective coding;Purposive sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a research method
58;On the Unhappiness of Software Developers;2017;EASE;['Creswell', 'Corbin and Strauss'];Human aspects;MM - Quant and quali survey;Self-administered questionnaire;Open, axial, and selective coding;Random sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
60;ProductlinRE: Online Management Tool for Requirements Engineering of Software Product Lines;2018;SPLC;;Software Product Lines;Empirical evaluation;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;No or few details on sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
73;Industry Best Practices for Open Source Governance and Component Reuse;2019;EuroPLoP;Jansen;OSS;Qualitative survey;Interview;Qualitative analysis;Theoretical sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
74;Exempla Gratis (E.G.): Code Examples for Free;2020;FSE;;Software maintenance;Empirical evaluation;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Convenience sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
80;To Read or to Rotate? Comparing the Effects of Technical Reading Training and Spatial Skills Training on Novice Programming Ability;2021;FSE;;SE Education and Training;Empirical evaluation;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Convenience sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as non-technical data;Survey as a questionnaire
87;A Meta-Process to Construct Software Architectures for System of Systems;2015;SAC;;Software Architecture;Empirical evaluation;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as non-technical data;Survey as a questionnaire
91;Characterizing and Predicting Which Bugs Get Reopened;2012;ICSE-SEIP;;Software maintenance;MM - Quant and quali survey;Self-administered questionnaire;Card sorting;Purposive sampling;Single open-ended question;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a research method
93;Socio-Technical Work-Rate Increase Associates with Changes in Work Patterns in Online Projects;2019;ICSE;;Human aspects;MM - artifact analysis and quant and quali survey;Self-administered questionnaire;Thematic analysis;Random sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a research method
96;Embedding Secure Coding Instruction into the IDE: A Field Study in an Advanced CS Course;2015;SIGCSE;;SE Education and Training;Empirical evaluation;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Convenience sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
97;Specification-Based Testing in Software Engineering Courses;2018;SIGCSE;;Software testing;Empirical evaluation;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Convenience sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
99;"What Do We ""Mashup"" when we make mashups?";2008;WEUSE;;User interface design;Qualitative survey;Artifact collection;Qualitative analysis;Random sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a research method
111;Industry Best Practices for Component Approval in FLOSS Governance;2020;EuroPLoP;Jansen;OSS;Qualitative survey;Interview;Qualitative analysis;Convenience sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
114;MTC Flow: A Tool to Design, Develop and Deploy Model Transformation Chains;2013;ACME;;Model-driven development;Empirical evaluation;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Convenience sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
171;Flipping and BlendingÑAn Action Research Project on Improving a Functional Programming Course;2016;TOCE;;SE Education and Training;Action research;Self-administered questionnaire;Thematic analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
192;Applicability of Software Reliability Growth Modeling in the Quality Assurance Phase of a Large Business Software Vendor;2009;COMPSAC;;Software maintenance;Case study;Focus groups;No information about qualitative analysis;No or few details on sampling;No information on nature of questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
196;Who Are We Doing Global Software Engineering Research For?;2013;ICGSE;Edmondson;Meta-research topics;Open inductive approach;Interview;Thematic analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
198;Results of 10 Years of Software Process Improvement in Brazil Based on the MPS-SW Model;2014;QUATIC;;Software Development processes;MM - Quant and quali survey;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Whole frame sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
199;Global Software Development Education: A Commercial Perspective from a Case Study;2014;ICGSE;;SE Education and Training;Open inductive approach;Interview;Thematic analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
201;New Implications for Customization of ERP Systems;2015;HICSS;;Software maintenance;Qualitative survey;Interview;Content analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a research method
206;Practices and Challenges of Managing Requirements Interdependencies in Agile Software Development: A Survey;2016;ICE;;Agile;Qualitative survey;Self-administered questionnaire;Open coding;Convenience sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
208;How Do Automatically Generated Unit Tests Influence Software Maintenance?;2018;ICST;;Software testing;Experiment;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Convenience sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as non-technical data;Survey as a questionnaire
209;Combining Agile Development and Software Product Lines in Automotive: Challenges and Recommendations;2018;ICE;;Software Product Lines;MM - literature review and quali survey;Interview;Open, axial, and selective coding;Convenience sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
214;Sharing of Vulnerability Information Among Companies Ð A Survey of Swedish Companies;2019;SEAA;Robson;Software vulnerabilities;Qualitative survey;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;['Purposive sampling', 'Convenience sampling'];['Open-ended and multiple choice questions', 'Open-ended and multiple choice questions'];Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
215;Vulnerabilities in Continuous Delivery Pipelines? A Case Study;2019;ICSA-C;Mack;Software vulnerabilities;Case study;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
216;Applying Modified Code Entity-Based Regression Test Selection for Manual End-to-End Testing of Commercial Web Applications;2019;ISSREW;;Software testing;Case study;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
217;Challenges and Opportunities in Open Data Collaboration Ð a focus group study;2020;SEAA;Robson;Meta-research topics;Qualitative survey;Focus groups;Qualitative coding;Convenience sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative as exploratory;Survey as a research method
218;Researcher Bias in Software Engineering Experiments: a Qualitative Investigation;2020;SEAA;;Meta-research topics;Qualitative survey;Interview;Thematic analysis;Convenience sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as exploratory;Survey as a research method
219;MVP and experimentation in software startups: a qualitative survey;2020;SEAA;;Experimentation;Qualitative survey;Self-administered questionnaire;Qualitative coding;Convenience sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a research method
220;An Evaluation of Code Coverage Adequacy in Automatic Testing using Control Flow Graph Visualization;2020;ISCAIE;;Software testing;Experiment;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;No or few details on sampling;No information on nature of questions;Qualitative as non-technical data;Survey as a questionnaire
222;PractitionersÕ Perceptions of the Goals and Visual Explanations of Defect Prediction Models;2021;MSR;;Software maintenance;Qualitative survey;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Convenience sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as non-technical data;Survey as a questionnaire
236;An Experimental Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Test Driven Development;2007;ESEM;;Software testing;Experiment;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Convenience sampling;No information on nature of questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
240;Understanding the Working Time of Developers in IT Companies in China and the United States;2021;IEEE Software;;Human aspects;MM - artifact analysis and quali survey;Self-administered questionnaire;No qualitative data;Convenience sampling;['Only multiple-choice questions', 'Only multiple-choice questions', 'Only multiple-choice questions'];Qualitative as the nature of questions;['Survey as a questionnaire', 'Survey as a questionnaire']
247;Uncovering the Periphery: A Qualitative Survey of Episodic Volunteering in Free/Libre and Open Source Software Communities;2020;TSE;Jansen;OSS;Qualitative survey;Interview;Thematic analysis;Theoretical sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
250;XPro: a Model to Explain the Limited Adoption and Implementation of Experimentation in Software Startups;2020;TSE;Jansen;Experimentation;Qualitative survey;Artifact collection;Thematic analysis;Convenience sampling;No questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
251;SQAPlanner: Generating Data-Informed Software Quality Improvement Plans;2021;TSE;Kitchenham and Pfleeger;Software maintenance;Empirical evaluation;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Convenience sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a questionnaire
258;Identifying and managing risks in the development of online educational software;2014;IISA;Cohen;Software vulnerabilities;MM - Quant and quali survey;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Convenience sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a research method
292;Expert maintainers' strategies and needs when understanding software: a case study approach;2001;APSEC;;Software maintenance;Qualitative survey;Interview;No information about qualitative analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a research method
293;Verification and validation in industry - a qualitative survey on the state of practice;2002;ISESE;;Verification and Validation;Qualitative survey;Interview;No information about qualitative analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a research method
300;A reuse-based software process based on domain analysis and OO framework;1998;SEAA;;Software reuse;Empirical evaluation;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;No or few details on sampling;No information on nature of questions;Qualitative as non-technical data;Survey as a questionnaire
382;Software startup education around the world: A preliminary analysis;2018;SiBW;;SE Education and Training;Qualitative survey;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Convenience sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
383;Using rich pictures to represent stakeholders' role during enterprise systems upgrade decisions;2017;STPIS;Jansen;Software maintenance;Qualitative survey;Interview;Qualitative coding;Purposive sampling;No information on nature of questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
384;Why feature-based roadmaps fail in rapidly changing markets: A qualitative survey;2018;SiBW;Fink;Requirements Engineering;Qualitative survey;Interview;Content analysis;Purposive sampling;['Open-ended questions', 'Open-ended questions'];Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
386;Qualitative survey-based content analysis and validation of measures of software development team performance;2011;ICISTM;;Human aspects;MM - Quant and quali survey;Interview;Content analysis;Purposive sampling;Single open-ended question;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
466;The Ecosystem of openKONSEQUENZ, A User-Led Open Source Foundation;2020;OSS;Jansen;OSS;Qualitative survey;Interview;Qualitative analysis;Purposive sampling;No information on nature of questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
474;Challenges of Tracking and Documenting Open Source Dependencies in Products: A Case Study;2020;OSS;Jansen;OSS;Case study;Interview;Qualitative analysis;Purposive sampling;No information on nature of questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
508;Design from detail: Analyzing data from a global day of coderetreat;2016;IST;;SE Education and Training;MM - Quant and quali survey;Self-administered questionnaire;Content analysis;Whole frame sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
509;Raising the odds of success: the current state of experimentation in product development;2016;IST;['Jansen', 'Fink'];Experimentation;Qualitative survey;Interview;Thematic analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
530;Views on quality requirements in academia and practice: commonalities, differences, and context-dependent grey areas;2020;IST;Jansen;Requirements Engineering;Qualitative survey;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Convenience sampling;Only multiple-choice questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
656;Test processes in software product evolution - A qualitative survey on the state of practice;2003;Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution;;Software testing;Qualitative survey;Interview;Clustering;Purposive sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative as exploratory;Survey as a research method
742;Software development as an experiment system: A qualitative survey on the state of the practice;2015;XP;['Jansen', 'Fink'];Experimentation;Qualitative survey;Interview;Thematic analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
747;Cosmic user story standard;2018;XP;;Agile;Empirical evaluation;Self-administered questionnaire;Content analysis;No or few details on sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as non-technical data;Survey as a questionnaire
761;A comparative study of testersÕ motivation in traditional and agile software development;2014;PROFES;;Agile;Qualitative survey;Interview;Qualitative coding;No or few details on sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a research method
805;A qualitative survey of regression testing practices;2010;PROFES;Fink;Software testing;Qualitative survey;Self-administered questionnaire;No qualitative data;Convenience sampling;Only multiple-choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a research method
819;Challenges in flexible safety-critical software development - An industrial qualitative survey;2013;PROFES;['Fink', 'Jansen'];Software Development processes;Qualitative survey;Interview;Qualitative coding;Purposive sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
826;What characterizes a good software tester? Ð A survey in four norwegian companies;2014;ICTSS;;Software testing;Qualitative survey;Interview;Thematic analysis;No or few details on sampling;Open-ended and multiple choice questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a research method
971;Facing the Challenges with Product Roadmaps in Uncertain Markets: Experience from Industry;2020;ICE;Fink;Requirements Engineering;Qualitative survey;Interview;No information about qualitative analysis;Purposive sampling;Open-ended questions;Qualitative survey;Survey as a research method
1052;The practice of secure software development in SDLC: an investigation through existing model and a case study;2016;Security and Communication Networks;Fink;Software Development processes;Case study;Self-administered questionnaire;Content analysis;Purposive sampling;No information on nature of questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;Survey as a questionnaire
1113;Semantic search engine and object database guidelines for service oriented architecture models;2013;IJTD;;Software Architecture;Empirical evaluation;Self-administered questionnaire;No information about qualitative analysis;Purposive sampling;No information on nature of questions;Qualitative as the nature of questions;['Survey as a questionnaire', 'Survey as a questionnaire']
1167;A Collaborative Approach for Effective Requirement Elicitation in Oblivious Client Environment;2017;IJACSA;;Requirements Engineering;Empirical evaluation;Self-administered questionnaire;No qualitative data;No or few details on sampling;Only multiple-choice questions;Qualitative as non-technical data;Survey as a questionnaire