Investigating the effectiveness of peer code review in distributed software development based on objective and subjective data

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Possible founder application

Design distributed reviews with explicit context, asynchronous norms, and measures of both quality and reviewer experience.

Reported result

What the study found

Evaluates peer-code-review effectiveness using both observed outcomes and participant perceptions.

Research question

What the authors investigated

How does the study’s stated design explain its reported outcome in this setting?

Design

Mixed objective/subjective empirical study

Sample and setting

Distributed software-development teams; abstract-only

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Distributed-team context and observational design limit generalization and causality.

Research sources

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