Guidelines for protection of human subjects in survey research demand that research designs provide for subjects'"informed consent." This paper reports procedures employed within a study of marijuana and other drug use which were in compliance yet avoided problems of nonparticipation and the gathering of inaccurate information. (Author)

Describes the use of programs written in BASIC and graphics facilities of microcomputers to make students aware of the assumptions of statistical models in linear regression and the design of experiments. Two references are cited. (CHC)

Describes the use of a two-level simulation in a college-level biology course. Students simulated the research process (including grant applications, theory formation, experiments, and symposium presentation) using an ecology simulation for their data base. (AM)

Results of using multimethod factor analysis and exploratory factor analysis for the analysis of three multitrait-multimethod matrices are compared. Results suggest that the two methods can give quite different impressions of discriminant validity. In the examples considered, the former procedure tends to support discrimination while the latter…

Discussed methodological errors in child and marital treatment research. Made suggestions to avoid such errors. Areas covered are selection of subjects and therapists, scope and source of dependent measures, treatment specification and experimental design. Errors include unsubstantiated diagnoses; client labels; restricted outcome criteria; and…

This review of the procedures involved in using path analysis provides guidelines for more effective future utilization of recursive path analysis in the field of family studies. (Author)

Discusses the capabilities of three qualitative television rating systems and possible application of resulting data by public television. (JMF)

Possible methods of student attrition research are the autopsy or retrospective study, the longitudinal study and the cross sectional study. The autopsy study is least valuable but can be effective when modified and combined with the other two, depending on the resources of the college. (JAC)

Glass and Smith's (EJ 207 324) conclusion supporting small class size may be true, but it is not supported by their evidence. Their analysis does not recognize intervening factors and varying class sizes. (CP)

Describes the elements required for a well-designed questionnaire, including appearance, question writing, organization, and cover letter. A checklist for effective questionnaire design is provided, as well as seven references. (BK)

Uncovers methodological, design, or questionnaire differences among surveys concerning youth labor force activity which may account for the discrepancies in employment and unemployment measures. (CT)

Characteristics of personality research were surveyed and compared with previous reports in an attempt to identify trends. Current research in personality was guided by microtheories and experimental research designs were more prevalent. Dissatisfaction with the current status of research and the proper focus of "personality" was partially…

A paradigm depicts research as a continuum along three major dimensions: utility--basic v applied; nature--theoretical v empirical; and causality--least v most experimental. (CP)

A correction procedure for estimating correlation coefficients when faced with the problem of a restricted range in the variables due to an explicit selection procedure was empirically investigated. Results indicated that the assumption of linearity is critical, but that homoscedasticity is less important. (JKS)

Repeated measures designs often involve dichotomization of a continuous variable in order to be amenable to the analysis of variance nature of such designs. An alternative to that approach wherein the independent variable is kept continuous is presented. (JKS)