This "Frame of Reference Study" consists of the fifth section of the final report of the Multi-Disciplinary Graduate Program in Educational Research of the University of Pittsburgh. The term, "frames of reference," is used to mean the context of assumptions, procedures, rules, cognitive models, and conceptions of the nature of evidence that establishes the framework within which an investigator can proceed to detect problems for investigation and formulate strategies for their solution. The study assumed as goals: (1) to devise methods of instruction for presenting alternate frames of reference and their understanding by participants; (2) to conduct a methodology for the study of frames of reference, to explore its feasibility, and to improve it by indepth studies of a number of expert participants. The instructional device developed was a semi-structured, expert-expert interview system with practitioners in the fields of psychology, sociology, psychiatry, and law, which facilitated a growth of communication skills assisting in the transfer of concepts and methodologies from one frame of reference to another and led to an understanding of the coherence of the scholarly approach. Included in the document are (1) an introduction detailing the development of the study, (2) a working paper on the study of frames of reference, (3) an example of staff papers on the work of a participating scholar, (4) a draft paper, "On Doing Empirical Sociology of Knowledge," and (5) conclusions and outlook for the study. (MB)