I am very skeptical of research about software development. Whether it's about tooling (static typing, etc.) or process (pair programming, etc.).
It's really hard (I would go so far as to say impossible) to set up useful metrics and it's really hard to create comparable scenarios. And even if you had those, very few things apply generally to all fields of software, let alone the different types of personalities that developers have, even if the stereotypes have a bit of truth to them.
It's really hard (I would go so far as to say impossible) to set up useful metrics and it's really hard to create comparable scenarios. And even if you had those, very few things apply generally to all fields of software, let alone the different types of personalities that developers have, even if the stereotypes have a bit of truth to them.