Suggests that the time has come to create new indicators of political efficacy (the feeling that an individual political action has an actual or potential impact on the political process). Shortcomings of existing indicators are pointed out and a new problem-solving efficacy scale is described. (DB)

Explains how to teach undergraduate students in a comparative psychology course to undertake social science research. Information is presented on selecting appropriate research projects, choosing students with a variety of research styles, and course evaluation. (DB)

Appropriate methods are described for research workers in sociology to use as they perform causal analyses of data from surveys. Particular emphasis is placed on the causal analysis of qualitative variables. (Author/DB)

Presents a brief biographical sketch of Pope Pius XII and samples literary treatment of Pius's actions with respect to Nazi atrocities against the Jewish people during World War II. Concludes that Pope Pius XII failed to show moral leadership. Materials reviewed include historical texts, studies of the Vatican, documents related to the war period,…

Discusses four major problems in defining speaking and listening as basic skills: lack of systematic attention to social communication, the need to identify salient social contexts for literate communication behavior, the need to explicate behaviors one must exhibit to be considered literate, and the difficulty in assessing functional…

Argues that a broad dimension of useful experiments would be suggested if the field supplemented its current research strategy with a second strategy focused more explicitly on the extension of generality. (HOD)

Traces links among social structure, feeling rules, the individual's management of emotion, and emotive experience in order to determine why the emotive experience of normal adults in daily life is as orderly as it is. (Author/KC)

Addresses the problematic nature of citizenship in modern democracies and suggests that modern society may be moving toward government by managers and engineers. Suggests way of encouraging more forceful and organized democratic citizenship. (Author/DB)

Assesses five models dealing with the economic returns of education. Each model is assessed using 1970 data from a one percent national sample of workers. Conclusions are that some of the research on earnings and income attainment should be reexamined. (KC)

If the proposition is accepted that service agencies occupy unique environments, then single organism research designs (such as ABAB) and multiple baseline designs may provide more valuable information than currently accepted research methodologies. (Author/MH)

Discusses analysis of the content of children's books to determine the extent to which main and secondary characters demonstrate active participation in politics and make realistic decisions. The purpose is to identify potential sources of political socialization and citizenship education. (Author/KC)

Criticisms of the effectiveness of bilingual programs should consider the lack of basic and operational research needed to improve program quality. The present study provides evidence from 12 programs attesting to the effectiveness of bilingual education. (Author/NQ)

A study of community college institutional research showed that institutional researchers are currently more involved in routine data gathering and reporting activities than in management, planning, or evaluation activities. The merging of these roles must be accomplished if institutional research is to be successful.

Discussion of research needs for administrative office management education at the Western States Administrative Office Management Conference in May, 1975, and a review of the literature showed that research in this field has been inadequate. Major research needs are listed. (MF)