In designing an institutional advancement survey, it is thought that the researcher must have a clear conception of the survey's purpose. The relationship of research to theory, the nature of the survey, data collection, and analysis and interpretation are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Discusses methods for designing search strategies for maximum recall, including minimizing the number of concepts intersected, isolating key subtopics, adapting the strategy to the database, and minimizing problems with search words and codes. (Author/RAA)

Describes a paper-and-pencil method for producing reaction-time data suitable for group situations. The technique was constructed to contrast the two traditional theoretical approaches to semantic memory but can be applied to other questions of cognitive psychology. (Author/CK)

Introduces this special volume whose purpose it is to encourage the further development of qualitative study as a way of increasing the diversity of the field, thus increasing the sources of insight and discovery. (Author/IRT)

A full understanding of how a training program works requires field observations that examine the deep structure as well as the surface behavior of those in the program. Such comprehensive understanding is not available from questionnaires and interviews. (Author/IRT)

Addresses the issues and problems in analysis of qualitative data through a review of experiences in a four-year project that relied centrally on such data. Asserts that the attractive aspects of qualitative research are real and that the nuisances can be reduced by thoughtful methodological inquiry. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the need in designing educational studies to give more attention to recognizing the universe of generalization and to incorporate into the design a variable that represents the universe. Data analytic techniques should treat the levels of this variable as randomly selected from the universe. (Author/JEG)

Investigates the relationship between the mean age of psychotic veterans hospitalized for suicidal or nonsuicidal behavior and the presence or absence of childhood onychophagia. (Author/RK)

Discusses the rationale behind the "before-after" experimental paradigm used by Keren (1976) in his Experiment I (AA 525 466). (Editor/RK)

Schoolboys from the Ivory Coast and from Kenya were tested on a simple task intended to detect the effect of implicit-shape constancy. (Editor)

The conclusion of Cohen that there was no significant difference between the mean levels of open-closed mindedness for mature-age and younger students is questioned. (Editor)

Describes a method whereby data are first analyzed episode-by-episode in comparison to each other. Conjectures thus generated are then meta-analyzed to create chronologies structured by general assertions grounded in students' mathematical activity. Clarifies the relation between psychological and social processes. (TO)

To learn the skills of qualitative analysis, 28 nursing students selected research questions, interviewed each other, and conducted data analysis. Students' analyses had 89% agreement with the instructor's on the topic of lab-to-clinic skill transfer, 96% agreement on the influence of experience, and 61% on nervousness during clinical supervision.…

Developed two methods for estimating the individual level correlation coefficient that combines information from aggregate data with a small fraction of the individual level data. Results of a simulation study support the use of these methods. (SLD)

Discusses dependence and frequency data in second language acquisition research and investigates the violation of the "independent observation" assumption as well as the effect of including interaction terms in frequency data analysis. Argues in favor of using multifactorial frequency data analyses over multiple chi-squares to take into account…