{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7171934891","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3793302.3793378","title":"Stop Comparing Apples and Oranges: Matching for Better Results in Mining Software Repositories Studies","display_name":"Stop Comparing Apples and Oranges: Matching for Better Results in Mining Software Repositories Studies","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-04-13","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7171934891","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3793302.3793378"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3793302.3793378","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3793302.3793378","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Mining Software Repositories","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3793302.3793378","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5090291939","display_name":"Sabato Nocera","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0589-2349"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I131729948","display_name":"University of Salerno","ror":"https://ror.org/0192m2k53","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I131729948"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sabato Nocera","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0589-2349","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I131729948"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5019105285","display_name":"Nyyti Saarim\u00e4ki","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5538-8557"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I186903577","display_name":"University of Luxembourg","ror":"https://ror.org/036x5ad56","country_code":"LU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I186903577"]}],"countries":["LU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nyyti Saarim\u00e4ki","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5538-8557","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I186903577"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015576503","display_name":"Valentina Lenarduzzi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0511-5133"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177969490","display_name":"University of Southern Denmark","ror":"https://ror.org/03yrrjy16","country_code":"DK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177969490"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98381234","display_name":"University of Oulu","ror":"https://ror.org/03yj89h83","country_code":"FI","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98381234"]}],"countries":["DK","FI"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Valentina Lenarduzzi","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0511-5133","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177969490","https://openalex.org/I98381234"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5086929289","display_name":"Davide Taibi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3210-3990"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177969490","display_name":"University of Southern Denmark","ror":"https://ror.org/03yrrjy16","country_code":"DK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177969490"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98381234","display_name":"University of Oulu","ror":"https://ror.org/03yj89h83","country_code":"FI","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98381234"]}],"countries":["DK","FI"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Davide Taibi","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3210-3990","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177969490","https://openalex.org/I98381234"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076034572","display_name":"Sira Vegas","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8535-9386"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I88060688","display_name":"Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid","ror":"https://ror.org/03n6nwv02","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I88060688"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sira Vegas","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8535-9386","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I88060688"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":5,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"533","last_page":"538"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":null,"topics":[],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/confounding","display_name":"Confounding","score":0.7728999853134155},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/matching","display_name":"Matching (statistics)","score":0.7468000054359436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/observational-study","display_name":"Observational study","score":0.6575000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.5717999935150146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/causal-inference","display_name":"Causal inference","score":0.5597000122070312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/propensity-score-matching","display_name":"Propensity score matching","score":0.41609999537467957},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control","display_name":"Control (management)","score":0.38089999556541443}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77350462","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1125472","display_name":"Confounding","level":2,"score":0.7728999853134155},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C165064840","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1321061","display_name":"Matching (statistics)","level":2,"score":0.7468000054359436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23131810","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q818574","display_name":"Observational study","level":2,"score":0.6575000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6340000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.5717999935150146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158600405","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5054566","display_name":"Causal inference","level":2,"score":0.5597000122070312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.5031999945640564},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17923572","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7250160","display_name":"Propensity score matching","level":2,"score":0.41609999537467957},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775924081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55608371","display_name":"Control (management)","level":2,"score":0.38089999556541443},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11671645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5054567","display_name":"Causal model","level":2,"score":0.3758000135421753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.32580000162124634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.3188999891281128},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776502983","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q690182","display_name":"Contrast (vision)","level":2,"score":0.3107999861240387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C155108698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1231081","display_name":"Randomized experiment","level":2,"score":0.3068999946117401},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777402240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6783436","display_name":"Masking (illustration)","level":2,"score":0.28519999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.2766000032424927},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.27410000562667847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149782125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160039","display_name":"Econometrics","level":1,"score":0.26980000734329224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2987525970","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96374569","display_name":"Causal analysis","level":2,"score":0.2678999900817871},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.2655999958515167}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3793302.3793378","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3793302.3793378","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Mining Software Repositories","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3793302.3793378","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3793302.3793378","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Mining Software Repositories","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":42,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W253646976","https://openalex.org/W658722133","https://openalex.org/W1524601730","https://openalex.org/W1579842652","https://openalex.org/W1601608895","https://openalex.org/W1750942716","https://openalex.org/W1970795048","https://openalex.org/W1972910909","https://openalex.org/W2030978593","https://openalex.org/W2068321882","https://openalex.org/W2081240484","https://openalex.org/W2100097418","https://openalex.org/W2100925270","https://openalex.org/W2146607417","https://openalex.org/W2153365511","https://openalex.org/W2155163959","https://openalex.org/W2168250392","https://openalex.org/W2314750237","https://openalex.org/W2576115447","https://openalex.org/W2602609302","https://openalex.org/W2742512005","https://openalex.org/W2769811094","https://openalex.org/W2772791504","https://openalex.org/W2965526865","https://openalex.org/W2968103140","https://openalex.org/W2982165882","https://openalex.org/W3094357615","https://openalex.org/W3150893739","https://openalex.org/W3203159702","https://openalex.org/W3204368535","https://openalex.org/W4225540106","https://openalex.org/W4234314512","https://openalex.org/W4234712938","https://openalex.org/W4236213345","https://openalex.org/W4242484299","https://openalex.org/W4322726514","https://openalex.org/W4400117331","https://openalex.org/W4405846350","https://openalex.org/W4411271455","https://openalex.org/W4411621817","https://openalex.org/W4413268034","https://openalex.org/W7125231921"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Confounders":[0],"(or":[1],"confounding":[2,46],"variables)":[3],"pose":[4],"significant":[5],"challenges":[6],"to":[7,31,36,44],"detecting":[8],"reliable":[9],"causal":[10,38,50],"relationships":[11],"in":[12,61],"observational":[13],"studies.":[14],"When":[15],"data":[16],"are":[17,42],"collected":[18],"from":[19],"naturally":[20],"occurring":[21],"phenomena\u2014e.g.,":[22],"mining":[23],"software":[24],"repositories":[25],"(MSR)\u2014researchers":[26],"cannot":[27],"rely":[28],"on":[29],"randomization":[30],"control":[32],"for":[33],"confounders,":[34],"leading":[35],"biased":[37],"inferences.":[39,51],"Alternative":[40],"approaches":[41],"required":[43],"mitigate":[45],"bias":[47],"when":[48],"exploring":[49],"This":[52],"paper":[53],"explains":[54],"and":[55],"exemplifies":[56],"the":[57],"use":[58],"of":[59],"matching":[60],"MSR.":[62]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-08-01T09:00:35.917206","created_date":"2026-08-01T00:00:00"}