Several questions concerning the lives of Asian Americans in middle size cities and smaller communities are addressed. Excerpts from one interview conducted as part of a research project are presented in this article. Ethnic identity and quality of life are among the issues discussed. (GC)

If social scientists are to offer useful insights into schooling, the nature of schools as sociological environments needs to be examined. Statistical effects are not the same as social causality and explaining statistical variance is not sociological explanation. (Author/AM)

Suggestions are made for priority and strategy changes designed to make the process-product model for investigating effective teacher behaviors more productive. (MJB)

Examines the expanding role of higher education institutions in the Soviet Union in training research personnel. Suggests that training of research personnel will improve if graduate study in higher education institutions and research institutions is coordinated. (Author/DB)

Criticizes a discussion of the reformation of post-TUCE learning equations by John Soper, which were presented in an earlier issue (see EJ 152 358). Claims that the author's manipulations from one equation to another essentially repackaged the same information. (Author/DB)

This article outlines a data collection model designed by Riffel and associates. This model provides information which may assist district and school level personnel in facilitating the desegregation process. (Author/AM)

This paper addresses itself to issues related to data collection in survey research with a community population. Areas discussed relate to practical human problems in conducting a community survey of a stratified random sample of people 65 years of age and over in New York City. (Author)

Reviews the proposed 1979 federal budget for basic research for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Defense, and Department of Energy. (SL)

Examines the relationship of academic freedom to moral and ethical problems encountered in modern scientific research. Recommends creation of tribunals to resolve disputes over the acceptability of proposed scientific research projects. (Author/DB)

Evaluates measures recently undertaken in the Soviet Union to improve professional education of scientific researchers. Improvements include an increase in the number of formal graduate study programs and graduate correspondence courses, and more rapid promotion of researchers through academic ranks. (Author/DB)

Discusses efforts to improve scientific research by certifying research projects and research instructors. Improvements include better evaluation of dissertations, clarifying standards for research certification, and improving formal graduate study programs. (Author/DB)

Suggests that educators need to study the psychological basis for cultural interest in violence to better understand how portrayed violence affects children. (RL)

In a response to Albert Ellis' feature article, the author agrees with Ellis but feels that less time should be spent proving which counseling method is better than the next, and more time spent in comparative research as per clients' gains. (HMV)

This paper presents three practical research strategies for facilitating social change in the black community: 1) evaluation, 2) theory-testing, and 3) education and training. These are discussed in relation to the following three variables: researcher relation to the organization, intervention strategy, and the utilization of data. (Author/AM)

This paper discusses some of the ways in which social science research can be useful to inform the court in school desegregation litigation. (Author)