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Table 2 Demographic data of survey participants (N = 45)

From: Investigating the effectiveness of peer code review in distributed software development based on objective and subjective data

Characteristic

Answer

#

%

Age

20-29 years

11.0

20.0

 

30-39 years

25.0

54.6

 

> 39 years

9.0

24.4

Gender

Male

44.0

97.8

 

Female

0.0

0.0

 

Not informed

1.0

2.2

Education

Graduation

35.0

77.8

 

Master (incomplete)

2.0

4.8

 

Master

7.0

15.6

 

PhD

1.0

2.2

Professional experience in software development

2-5 years

4.0

8.9

 

5-10 years

17.0

37.8

 

> 10 years

24.0

53.3

Experience as reviewer

Very low (1)

-

-

 

Low (2)

-

-

 

Medium (3)

14.0

31.1

 

High (4)

26.0

57.8

 

Very high (5)

5.0

11.1

Experience as author

Very low (1)

-

-

 

Low (2)

-

-

 

Medium (3)

13.0

28.9

 

High (4)

28.0

62.2

 

Very high (5)

4.0

8.9

Experience in projects with multiple teams

Very low (1)

0.0

0.0

 

Low (2)

1.0

2.2

 

Medium (3)

12.0

26.7

 

High (4)

22.0

48.9

 

Very high (5)

10.0

22.2

Experience in projects with multiple locations

Very low (1)

0.0

0.0

 

Low (2)

3.0

6.7

 

Medium (3)

12.0

26.7

 

High (4)

21.0

46.7

 

Very high (5)

9.0

20.0

  1. Participants that reported (very) low experience as author or reviewer were discarded