Reply To: Comments On "towards A Framework Of Software Measurement Validation"
Barbara Ann Kitchenham, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Norman Fenton · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering · 1997
are glad that members of the software engineering communityhave taken-up our suggestion that metric validation needs publicdebate. With respect to specific issues raised by Basili et al. in theirletter, clearly, we disagree with their view that we are seriouslyimpeding the appropriate definition of attributes; we are glad tohave the opportunity to clarify some of our arguments.