The author contrasts the tendency of mathematics to refine its internal structure with the tendency of society to become more open and sees the chief task of Mathematical Education as developing curricula which will reconcile the two tendencies. (MM)

Empirical analysis of 26 Canadian strikes finds strikes profitable, on the whole, to employees. (AG)

These results indicate that in deciding on the data-gathering design to be used in seeking norm information, attention should be given to item characteristics and test length with particular attention paid to the range of biserial correlations between item response and ability. (Author)

The extension of network modeling to library networks provides some interesting twists of the usual models. A general library network is offered, a mathematical statement of the network problem is given, and the solution of the problem is discussed. An example of the use of the model is provided. (Editor/JS)

When an engineering researcher changes from his work on things to research on people, he faces an array of new ethical questions, and a new view of scientific objectivity must be developed for the study of man and society. (IR)

Considers the study of similarities and differences in factor structures between different groups. (AG)

This paper describes two statistics (chi square and Kendall's S) which may be used to test hypotheses about the association between two variables when observations are cross-classified in a contingency table. (CK)