Supporting dataset for tertiary study on source code metrics

The dataset includes search results (SearchResultsFromScopusIEEEACM June23.xlsx) and compiled results from the included secondary studies (Extracted Data For Tertiary Study June23 15 SS.xlsx). 

Search results description: Please use Figure 1 from paper to trace the data made available. The excel file contains the following data

1) validation set of studies used to quasi-gold standard validation of search string. 

2) known set of papers used to formulate the search string

3) search results from databased Scopus, IEEE, and ACM

4) secondary studies from tertiary study on code smells by Lacerda et al.

5) Combined results from all sources

6) papers removed after duplicates removal

7) Preliminary search results

8) Search Strings used for Scopus, IEEE, ACM

Extracted Data Description: Extracted data contains the following:

1) meta data and characteristics of secondary studies (title, author, year of publication)

2) Raw data on evidence on maintainability, reliability and security from included set of studies

3) compiled data on evidence on maintainability, reliability and security from included set of studies 

4) Description of prediction models used

5) Description of source code metrics