Table 1 Influence factors and review outcomes investigated by previous studies
Influence factors | Absence of discussion | Comment usefulness | Feedback delay | Participation in review | Post-release defects | Review duration | Review iterations | Review quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amount of previous defects | ♣ | ♣ | ⋆ | ⋆ | ||||
Affected modules | â™ | |||||||
Author experience | ♣ | ♠| ||||||
Author’s company | ♠| |||||||
Bug fix or new feature | ♣ | △ | ||||||
Commit message size | ♣ | |||||||
External reviewers | ♢ | |||||||
Length of prior discussions | ♣ | ♡ | ||||||
Number of authors | ♣ | ♣ | ||||||
Number of reviewers | ♣ | |||||||
Patch size (Files) | ♣ | ♢ | ||||||
Patch size (LOC) | â™ | â–ł | ||||||
Prior feedback delay | ♣ | |||||||
Priority | â™ | |||||||
Review coverage | ♡†| |||||||
Review speed | ♡ | |||||||
Reviewer experience | ♢ | ♠| ||||||
Source code type | ♢ |