Greg Wilson did a book, which I did not enjoy, on this topic: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596808303.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596808303.do

Greg Wilson did a book, which I did not enjoy, on this topic: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596808303.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596808303.do and a slideshow, which I recommend: http://www.slideshare.net/gvwilson/bits-of-evidence-2338367 http://www.slideshare.net/gvwilson/bits-of-evidence-2338367 . My take is that there is much to learn from science about how to evaluate propositions regarding software engineering (most, but not all, of them are unsupported) but few new useful ideas. Another reference along these lines: http://www.amazon.com/Facts-Fallacies-Software-Engineering-Robert/dp/0321117425 http://www.amazon.com/Facts-Fallacies-Software-Engineering-R...