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47 Post author: Morendil 07 February 2012 09:45AM

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Comment author: asr 08 February 2012 04:46:04AM 5 points [-]

Yes, it would be nice to have such a study.

But it can't really be done the way you envision it. Variance in developer quality is high. Getting a meaningful result would require a lot more than 8 developers. And very few research groups can afford to run an experiment of that size -- particularly since the usual experience in science is that you have to try the study a few times before you have the procedure right.