Humorously suggests the discipline of adult education suffers from four ills: (1) Gogymania, (2) Mapomania, (3) Defnimania, and (4) Lexicophilia. Offers possible cures. (CH)

Praises the writing persona of syndicated columnist Mike Royko and speculates on how he might comment on the research related to reading. (HTH)

Indicates that Kemler raises a number of important issues needing resolution before the understanding of infant categorization is complete, but claims Kemler misunderstands both the goals of the Husaim and Cohen experiment and the extent to which the goals were met. (Author/RH)

This paper presents formulas that can be used to approach the problem of nonresponse in survey research. (Author/AL)

Survey research of high quality never ignores the problem of nonresponse. The most reputable professional journals are those that reject for publication survey research that ignores the problem of nonresponse, which makes nonrepresentativeness of returns, and, therefore, credibility of findings, uncertain at best and highly unlikely at worst.…

Describes hypothesis validity as extent to which research results reflect theoretically derived predictions about relations between or among constructs. Discusses role of hypotheses in theory testing. Presents four threats to hypothesis validity: (1) inconsequential research hypotheses; (2) ambiguous research hypotheses; (3) noncongruence of…

Responds to Gordon's critique (in this issue) of Bohannon and Stanowicz (1988) by pointing out relevant and irrelevant aspects of discussions of learnability. Rates of feedback found in Bohannon and Stanowicz are shown to be sufficient to spur learning in many species. Evidence against the universality of negative evidence is discounted. (RH)

Notes that, when planning research, obvious strategy is to assess likely flaws and develop approaches to overcome them. Introduces set of concepts that researchers can use to evaluate quality of their designs. Presents 32 threats to validity organized according to 4 types of validity (internal, external, statistical conclusion, and construct…

Notes that studies in psychology often have low power because of inadequate sample size and that prevalent psychometric distributions are sometimes radically nonnormal. Demonstrates robustness of independent samples t-test with respect to Type I error. Shows that researchers may use power tables based on population normality without modification…

Comments on Robinson and Gross's article on perceptions of ethics among mental health counselors. Argues researcher needs to discuss findings, regardless of what path it may lead down. Three explanations are given as possible reasons for their findings, two avoiding gender stereotypes in whole or in part. (Author/ABL)

Reviews misuse of statistical tests in psychotherapy research studies published in "Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology" in 1967-68, 1977-78, and 1987-88. Focuses on inappropriate uses of null hypotheses tests and p values, neglect of effect size, and inflation of Type I error rate. Concludes with practical suggestions for rational…

Children, Play, and Development, Fourth Edition, discusses the relationship of play to the physical, social, intellectual, and emotional growth of the child. Author Fergus P. Hughes focuses on the historical, sociocultural, and ethological context of play; the role of development in play; and the wide range of theories that provide a framework for…

As a white, working middle-class adult queer from the Southwest USA, my subjective relation to the Mexican (im)migrant, poor, working, straight adolescent boys in California participating in my study was tentative, politicized, controversial, and surveilled from both social and individual lenses. Our relationships were also mutually caring,…

The professional development school (PDS) is a model of choice for many teacher preparation programs. This approach integrates the functions of teacher preparation, professional development, inquiry and research, and student achievement to bring about whole-school improvement and the simultaneous renewal of the teaching profession. Ideally,…

Chemists have used computational science methodologies for a number of decades and their utility continues to be unabated. For this reason we developed an advanced lab in computational chemistry in which students gain understanding of general strengths and weaknesses of computation-based chemistry by working through a specific research problem.…