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A controlled experiment on the impact of microtasking on programming
- Award ID(s):
- 1845508
- PAR ID:
- 10391036
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Empirical Software Engineering
- Volume:
- 28
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 1382-3256
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-022-10226-2
