SRC001 — https://mir.cs.illinois.edu/marinov/publications/HiltonETAL16ContinuousIntegration.pdf¶
Contents¶
Metadata¶
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| URL | https://mir.cs.illinois.edu/marinov/publications/HiltonETAL16ContinuousIntegration.pdf |
| Authors | Michael Hilton, Timothy Tunnell, Kai Huang, Darko Marinov, Danny Dig (Oregon State University / University of Illinois) |
| Date | 2016 |
Content Summary¶
Hilton et al. analyzed 34,544 GitHub projects and found 40% use CI, surveyed 442 developers on CI usage motivations, and analyzed 1.5M Travis CI builds. The study found CI adoption grows with project popularity and that popular projects show much higher CI adoption rates.
Reliability: High¶
Peer-reviewed paper published at ACM SIGSOFT FSE 2016 with large-scale empirical methodology.
Relevance: High¶
Primary source of the 40% CI adoption claim with detailed methodology and breakdown.
Bias Assessment¶
| Domain | Rating | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Missing Data | Some concerns | Study is from 2016 — CI landscape has changed substantially since then. |
| Measurement | Low risk | Uses CI configuration file detection across multiple CI systems with transparent methodology. |
| Selective Reporting | Low risk | Reports both overall rates and stratified results including unfavorable findings. |
| Randomization | N/A | Observational study of existing repositories, not an RCT. |
| Protocol Deviation | N/A | Not an RCT. |
| Conflict Of Interest | Low risk | Academic researchers with no disclosed commercial interest in CI tools. |