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What should developers be aware of? An empirical study on the directives of API documentation

Overview of attention for article published in Empirical Software Engineering, December 2011
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Title
What should developers be aware of? An empirical study on the directives of API documentation
Published in
Empirical Software Engineering, December 2011
DOI 10.1007/s10664-011-9186-4
Authors

Martin Monperrus, Michael Eichberg, Elif Tekes, Mira Mezini

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
Japan 1 1%
Spain 1 1%
Germany 1 1%
Unknown 91 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 27 28%
Student > Ph. D. Student 23 24%
Student > Bachelor 15 16%
Researcher 5 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 4%
Other 10 10%
Unknown 12 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Computer Science 72 75%
Engineering 5 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 2%
Arts and Humanities 1 1%
Neuroscience 1 1%
Other 1 1%
Unknown 14 15%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

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