Current debates around the concept of boundary crossing stress the importance of boundary objects in bringing people together to share understandings. We argue that the boundary object is of secondary importance, and that what is important for the transformational potential of interdisciplinary understanding is opportunities for "boundary…

The integration of the sociologist's theory and research methods and statistics necessitates computer applications in graduate curricula. Proposed changes in the teaching of statistics to sociologists and calculation examples demonstrate this linking of statistics and computer technology. (KM)