Replication package for "Evolution of statistical analysis in ESE research"

This is the replication package for the analysis done in the paper "Evolution of statistical analysis in empirical software engineering research: Current state and steps forward" (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.07.002, preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.00933).

The package includes CSV files with data on statistical usage extracted from 5 journals in SE (EMSE, IST, JSS, TOSEM, TSE). The data was extracted from papers between 2001 - 2015. The package also contains forms, scripts and figures (generated using the scripts) used in the paper.

The extraction tool mentioned in the paper is available in dockerhub via: https://hub.docker.com/r/robertfeldt/sept