Macroanalysis is the process of analyzing interactive dialogue into units of three or more tallies. It represents another level of analysis for interactive data which should lead to new directions for research in this area. (Author)

This paper addresses a variation of the traditional validity question asked of qualitative researchers. Here the question is not "How do we know the qualitative researcher's question is valid?" but rather, "How does the qualitative researcher choose from among a multitude of apparently valid or at least plausible…

Outliers, extreme data values relative to others in a sample, may distort statistics that assume internal levels of measurement and normal distribution. The outlier may be a valid value or an error. Several procedures are available for identifying outliers, and each may be applied to errors of prediction from the regression lines for utility in a…

Most organizations planning to assess adverse impact or perform a stock analysis for affirmative action planning must correctly classify their jobs into appropriate occupational categories. Two methods of job classification were assessed in a combination archival and field study. Classification results from expert judgment of functional job…

A general model for recursive-nonrecursive causal networks of factors is outlined. The technical machinery required for operationalizing the model, in terms of analyzing empirical data, is indicated, and some of the more recent multivariate developmental theory is briefly noted in terms of the present model. (CS)

This study applied content analysis and cluster analysis to the ideas of Fritz Perls to develop a taxonomy of Gestalt processes and goals. Summaries of the typal groups or clusters were written and the implications of taxonomic research in counseling discussed. (Author)

The present study attempted to deprive human subjects of dreaming through the administration of a posthypnotic suggestion and to increase or facilitate dreaming through a second suggestion that was used with another group of subjects. (Author/RK)

Formulas and a FORTRAN program for computing Kendall's Tau as well as a generalized Spearman rho coefficient from ordered contingency tables are described. (Author)

Author investigated measurement procedures used by Thomas, Jamison, and Hummel (1973) and wondered if these measurements might have produced an artifactual difference between men and women. (Author/RK)

The educational audit is suggested for assessing the process of inquiry for reliability and the product of inquiry for absence of bias. The inquiry auditor must review the inquiry processes to determine that they conform to norms of "good professional practice." He must review inquiry products to ensure they can be substantiated from…

The general goals of the study were: (1) to obtain the decision maker's perspectives on evaluation, how he defines it, how he carries it out; (2) to better understand the role of evaluation in site level decision making; and (3) to identify important characteristics of evaluation and of the school setting that affect the level of evaluation…

THE PRINCIPLES OF ATOMIC STRUCTURE WHICH ARE STRESSED ARE THAT ATOMS ARE MADE UP OF A NUCLEUS WITH A POSITIVE CHARGE, SURROUNDED BY ELECTRONS WITH A NEGATIVE CHARGE, AND THAT THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE ATOM WHEN THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CHARGES ARE EQUAL. EXPERIMENTS ILLUSTRATE THAT CURRENT ELECTRICITY IS ACTUALLY ELECTRONS IN MOTION, THAT THERE…

THIS NOTE OFFERS A MEANS FOR ANALYZING THE DIFFERENCES IN THE LEVELS OF TWO RATIOS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THOSE RATIOS COME FROM EMPIRICAL DATA. THE PARTICULAR EXAMPLE USED PERTAINS TO WHITE-NONWHITE PERSONAL INCOME DIFFERENTIALS OVER A TIME INTERVAL, BUT IT IS NOTED THAT THIS TYPE ANALYSIS CAN BE USED IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. (HW)