Discusses the legitimacy of the use of multiple definitions of epigenesis in developmental psychology, and of the modification of biological models to suit developmental psychology. (Author/SS)

Examines the controversy facing third world nations regarding whether it is preferable to continue to rely heavily on the importation of scientific and technical knowledge from foreign sources or to create conditions for generating such knowledge locally. (Author/DB)

Discusses the tendency to formalize qualitative research methodologies in order to clarify basic issues inherent in contemplating ethnographic research. Presents a critique of social phenomenological positions in educational research and suggests two alternative qualitative approaches, one conceived by A.W. Imershein and the other by J.W. Knight.…

The article emphasizes the need for a uniform format for defining the populations selected for research, particularly with learning disabled individuals. The population descriptions from three studies dealing with some aspect of reading are presented and scrutinized in terms of the four categories. (Author/DLS)

A simple technique is presented whereby experimenters who must use different word lists for different experimental treatments with exceptional children can postexperimentally establish equivalence of list difficulty. (Author)

A new operationalization of androgyny, the median split technique, differs from the original method in the distribution of scores produced and in the results obtained in two recent studies. The implications of these differences are discussed and future directions for the measurement of psychological androgyny are investigated. (Author)

An experimental sampling procedure for communities on which coal had been surface-mined yielded missing cells and caused the number of degrees of freedom to be N instead of the usual N minus one. The apparent discrepancy is explained, and a solution to the problem is presented. (Author/JKS)

Evaluates the differing perspectives of Kohlberg and Turiel on moral reasoning. Both perspectives use stage displacement models to depict moral development and assume that as ontogenesis proceeds, the role played by earleir acquired moral stages becomes increasingly insignificant in comparison with the role played by more advanced stages. The…

A study of the reported sampling methods and respondent/subject characteristics in 297 published communication research studies suggests that the vast majority of published communication research literature does not meet minimal scholarly standards for reporting research results. (GT)

A response to the review by Robert Calfee and Priscilla Drum, in issue three of the eighth volume of this journal, discusses the issue of incorporating research results into practice. (Author/MLF)

Expresses the opinions of several successful research scientists towards research. All agree that, while the thrill of discovery is essential to science, excitement competes increasingly with the frustrations of big science. There is a belief that the spirit of science is thwarted by activities such as grantsmanship games. (MA)

Argues that "successful" social science requires development of a social ethic or sense of research responsibility, and suggests that an individualistic orientation is ineffective in coping with the unintended consequences of social research. Available from: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Box 211, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, single copies…