Patients were classified into categories using Spitzer and Endicott's computer program for diagnosis. Analyses of variance using single and grouped scales and discriminant analyses predicting category membership suggested that narrow band categorization is better predicted by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory than is broad band…

Examines the findings of the National Enquiry into Scholarly Communication as they relate to the national structure of scholarly communication, the national bibliographic system, and the implications for research libraries. (JP)

The article stresses the need for systematic studies on the effectiveness and utility of products designed for the visually handicapped and identifies exemplary procedures and common methodological problems (using 7 Optacon--Optical to Tactile Converter--studies as a basis). Research methodology is discussed in terms of sampling techniques, data…

Discusses major methodological advances of the past 20 years within social anthropology. The advances fall into three broad areas: comparative studies and large-scale multicultural and holocultural investigations; cognitive anthropology, encompassing formal analysis and decision processes; and studies of intracultural diversity. (Author/KC)

Reviews data related to the relationship between religious background and educational attainment for males and females during the second half of the twentieth century. Data indicate that the net influence of religious background on educational attainment has never been very large. (Author/DB)

Reviews various traditions and perspectives in modern social science research and indicates why these traditions are so 'unecological'. Suggests that a new worldview is necessary in social science research and in the larger society. Details of this worldview (paradigm) are presented and relevant literature is reviewed. (DB)

Glass and Smith's (EJ 207 324) conclusion supporting small class size may be true, but it is not supported by their evidence. Their analysis does not recognize intervening factors and varying class sizes. (CP)

Examining research inspired by Kohlberg's moral development theory, the authors highlight some conceptual and methodological weaknesses and present the practical and theoretical limitations of implementing Kohlberg's ideas in the classroom. (SK)

Reviews the benefits and limitations of fieldwork which the authors characterize as the most distinctly human methodology of the social sciences. (Part of a theme issue entitled "Anthropology of Education: Methods and Applications.") (SJL)

The importance of reporting explained variance in ANOVA designs is discussed. Three methods that can be used to obtain estimates of explained variance in ANOVA designs are described and applied to sixteen studies that were reported in recent NARST volumes. Recommends that researchers in science education report explained variance. (Author/DS)

Whether university research can be organized and, if so, what organizational measures can be taken to make university research efficient is discussed. It is concluded that a university researcher requires freedom of action for his/her research work and the mass university must shrink to a university for the elite. (Author/MLW)

The author indicates a number of methodological differences between his experiments and the unsuccessful replication by Forster and Grierson. He also suggests that these problems are complicated by an unnecessarily narrow interpretation of the attentional selectivity hypothesis. Forster and Grierson's study and rejoinder appear in this journal…

Surveys existing approaches to family policy research, such as family evaluation research and family impact analysis, and an additional model termed research for family policy. These models are compared and contrasted. Family policy advocacy is differentiated from family policy research. A list of generalizations is drawn from the discussion.…

Presents a brief history of research on reading problems, a critique of methods of diagnosis and management, some speculations on the roots of the dilemma in research on reading problems, and some recommendations for future research. (Author/GT)

Identifies shortcomings of single equation models of educational achievement, including that they have omitted relevant variables. Considers three models of educational achievement--one using cross-sectional data; one using pre- and post measures of achievement; and one using more complete panel data. (Author/DB)