The Institute for Training Minority Group Research and Evaluation Specialists comprised 4 programs in 1: (1) a 6-week graduate course at New York University (NYU) during the 1970 summer session for 20 minority group persons that provided training in research design, statistics, data collection and analysis, and report writing; (2) a program of…

Discusses the practice of maintaining separation between the experimenter and the subjects during scientific experiments and suggests that the dialectical interdependence between them is the very basis upon which psychological inquiries should rest. Some practical and theoretical remedies are explored. (JMB)

The purpose of this paper is to present a new analytical system to be used in communication research. Unlike many existing systems devised ad hoc, this research tool, a system for interaction analysis, is embedded in a conceptual rationale based on modern systems theory. (Author)

An outline for proposal preparation is offered as one of the crucial aspects of grantsmanship. The accompanying bibliography provides additional information on sources of grant funds and proposal writing. (JMF)

Several major sources of information regarding grants and funding available are offered to assist researchers attempting to secure foundation grants. (JMF)

Presents guidelines for health educators to follow in their quest for funding health-related programs and research including sources of funding and suggestions for proposal writing. (JMF)

Arguments are presented suggesting that single-subject research designs can form a basis for establishing a working relationship between researchers and clinicians in the field of learning disabilities. (Author/PHR)

Appraises the relation between educational studies and educational research by asking questions about the research process itself. Approaches the question by considering how educational research in the United Kingdom began. (Author/RK)

One way for women to participate in the creation of a new reality in teaching is to explore themselves as teacher/researchers in order to understand their roles as creators and not just dispensers of knowledge. (MT)

Addresses the challenges of communication research and calls for scholars to evaluate their theories in the crucible of applied communication settings by testing and scholarship. (NKA)

Reviews the literature concerning teachers as researchers, noting questions about whether teachers are capable of conducting research in their own classrooms, and demanding a definition of "research." (ARH)

In this first of two installments, a description of the interactions of numerical databases (NDBs) for science with the various community sectors highlights data evaluation and the roles that NDBs will likely play. Twenty-four studies and articles dealing with needs for reliable physical, chemical, and mechanical property data are noted. (EJS)

Drawing on Gilligan's work, analyzes the rift between clinical social work practitioners and academicians and researchers in terms of gender. Argues that the female voice has been suppressed by the prevailing male model of knowledge development in the university and the distrust women have in their own voice. (Author/JAC)

In this critique of Barris' article (CE 514 182) the authors find her conclusions undermined by Mannheim's Paradox--that a researcher's analysis is contaminated by his/her own ideological commitment. They suggest further clarification of the existence of ideological conflict in occupational therapy. (SK)

Examination of the relationship among librarians, independent scholarly publishers, and scholars as natural partners in the creation and dissemination of knowledge highlights traditional functions and the disruption of the relationship caused by new technologies of electronic publishing and information networks. Ways of dealing constructively with…