In terms of methodological quality, "Fixing Faults in C and Java Source Code: Abbreviated vs. Full-Word Identifier Names" [0] is a favorite of Hillel Wayne's [1

In terms of methodological quality, "Fixing Faults in C and Java Source Code: Abbreviated vs. Full-Word Identifier Names" [0] is a favorite of Hillel Wayne's [1]. > Manageable scope. > They did their homework. > They mix qualitative and quantitative methods. > Objective measure of Defects. > Really, _really_ good experimental setup. > And then an ethnography. [0] http://www2.unibas.it/gscanniello/Giuseppe_Scanniello%40unibas/Home_files/TOSEM.pdf http://www2.unibas.it/gscanniello/Giuseppe_Scanniello%40unib... [1] https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/the-best-se-paper/ https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/the-best-se-paper/