The necessity of evaluating research methodology is discussed, and a profiling approach is proposed. Explanatory statements about the research process, directions for doing the actual profiling of the research report, a research profiling flow chart, a research profile sheet, and two additional graphic aids to understanding are included. The procedure outlined in the Research Profiling Flow Chart first examines whether the research is a test of a hypothesis, or an answer to an empirical question; it then focuses on the generation of data. The final facet of the research process is data analysis. For further information on profiling, see Occasional Paper #3: Profiling in Educational Research (TM 000 643). (AG)