How do API Changes Trigger Stack Overflow Discussions? A Study on the Android SDK- ICPC 2014 Online Appendix

This web page is a companion to our ICPC 2014 paper entitled "How do API Changes Trigger Stack Overflow Discussions? A Study on the Android SDK".

Data

The MSR 13 challenge data (SO dump) for PostgreSQL TAR
Android-related SO questions from MSR13 Challenge

File format:
question_id;creation_date;title;body;owner_user_id;accepted_answer_id
ZIP
Links: SO questions to API Classes

File format:
class;question_id;link_type
ZIP
Links: SO questions to API Methods

File format:
question_id;class;method
TXT
API changes bug historyZIP
Manual validation XSLX

Results

Average number of questions vs. Number of changes PDF
Average number of questions vs. Change typePDF
Average number of answers per questions vs. Change type PDF
Average question owner reputation vs. Change type PDF
Average score per question vs. Change type PDF

Authors

  • Mario Linares-Vásquez - The College of William and Mary, VA, USA.
    E-mail: mlinarev at cs dot wm dot edu
  • Gabriele Bavota - University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy.
    Email: gbavota at unisannio dot it
  • Massimiliano Di Penta - University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy.
    Email: dipenta at unisannio dot it
  • Rocco Oliveto - University of Molise, Pesche (IS), Italy.
    E-mail: rocco.oliveto at unimol dot it
  • Denys Poshyvanyk - The College of William and Mary.
    E-mail: denys at cs dot wm dot edu