1. “In This Issue”

   • Warren Harrison
   • Victor Basili

   OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 295

2. Software Metrics Data Analysis—Exploring the Relative Performance of Some Commonly Used Modeling Techniques

   • Andrew R. Gray
   • Stephen G. MacDonell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 316

3. A Critical Analysis of PSP Data Quality: Results from a Case Study

   • Philip M. Johnson
   • Anne M. Disney

   OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 349

4. Empirical Studies of Software Development and Evolution (ESSDE 99) Workshop Report

   • R. Harrison

   OriginalPaper Pages: 351 - 352

5. Empirical Studies Applied to Software Process Models

   • David Raffo
   • Timo Kaltio
   • Juan F. Ramil

   OriginalPaper Pages: 353 - 369

6. Empirical Studies of Evolving Systems

   • K. Bennett
   • E. Burd
   • S. Slaughter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 370 - 380

7. The Role of Empirical Studies in Process Improvement

   • L. M. Ott
   • A. Kinnula
   • C. Wohlin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 386

8. Empirical Studies of Object-Oriented Artifacts, Methods, and Processes: State of the Art and Future Directions

   • L. Briand
   • E. Arisholm
   • P. Thévenod–Fosse

   OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 404

9. Directions and Methodologies for Empirical Software Engineering Research

   • R. Harrison
   • N. Badoo
   • J. Wuest

   OriginalPaper Pages: 405 - 410