As an extension of B. Thompson's 1998 invited address to the American Educational Research Association, this paper cites two additional common faux pas in research methodology and explores some research issues for the future. These two errors in methodology are the use of univariate analyses in the presence of multiple outcome variables (with the…

The purpose of this report on research in secondary education is to study: (1) the personnel of educational research bureaus; (2) the undertakings of research departments in city school systems and in individual secondary schools; (3) the research undertakings carried on by individual secondary-school staff members not officially connected with…

The authors of this article contend that the Guinan and Foulds study was inadequately designed and executed, and the results indicate little of the "usefulness" of the test, much less illuminate the important hypothesis central to the investigation. Specific suggestions for further research in marathon group evaluation are made. (Author)

In view of the Jencks group's inference that noncognitive or personality traits play a greater role in economic success than do cognitive skills, this paper explores findings regarding important factors ignored by the Jencks group, namely need achievement and mental health. (Author/JM)

The questions "What is the data?" and "How may we interpret it?" serve as the center for a discussion of what types of research are appropriate for education. (JP)

A brief look at the potential of the computer as an educational research tool. (HB)

Presents the contrasting organismic-developmental perspective on transactions of men with their environments. Eight procedural principles are elaborated to guide studies of men-in-environment relations. These principles are then applied to the formulation of several different types of research problems and exemplified in one ongoing study.…

The black immigrant as a subject has hitherto escaped the concerns of the large majority of mainstream social scientists and historians. (DM)

The experience of the early 1970's, with a fairly constant number of poor, offers little hope that U.S. poverty will be soon eliminated. (DM)

The establishment of a reference filing system, based on optical coincidence retrieval, for an eight-man research group studying gas reactions is described. The complete system is simple to use and gives rapid, precise reference retrieval. (1 reference) (Author)

Examines direct observation procedures which can be used to measure classroom behavior variables. (Author)

Discusses 3 alternatives for university-based research. (PG)

The author reviews the development of research in marriage counseling, offers some possible explanations as to why it has differed from general science research, and delineates some decisive issues for marriage counseling research. (Editor)