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Levinger, George – Journal of Social Issues, 1987
Introduces this special issue, which initiates a dialogue on Black employment opportunities in an effort to redress the racial imbalance and the weaknesses in the data often brought to bear on social problems. (PS)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Employment, Data Collection, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)

Maykovich, Minako Kurokawa – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
This paper examines some of the problems encountered by a Japanese researcher in Japanese communities and Mennonite communities in California and Ontario. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Data Collection, Japanese Americans, Minority Groups

Myers, Vincent – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
It is concluded, on the basis of this study, that respondents who are poor and/or of racial or ethnic minority backgrounds require unconventional rules of survey procedure. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Minority Groups, Research Design, Research Methodology

Levine, Gene N. – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
It is possible to devise ingenious means for adapting basic methodological techniques to meet exigencies of the research situation while still meeting the requirements for the collection of valid data. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Data Collection, Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups

Tsukashima, Ronald Tadao – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
This paper examines the benefits of merging sociological methods by concentrating on the contribution of field observation prior to the designing of a survey study of black anti-Semitism. (Author)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Blacks, Community Involvement, Data Collection

Weiss, Carol H. – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
Survey research has not tried hard to benefit poor people by allowing community members to help shape the design and interpretation of research, upgrading the job skills and employability of indigenous interviewers, or providing referrals or other services to survey respondents. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Interpersonal Relationship, Interviews, Low Income Groups

Trimble, Joseph E. – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
Major concerns about conducting research in American Indian Communities are reviewed and discussed. Examples of three research projects conducted with Indian communities are summarized, and procedures found to be sensitive to the cultural milieu of the community are examined. (Author)
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Characteristics, Community Role, Data Collection