Describes aspects of qualitative research having the potential of providing guidance to change agents in designing effective strategies to bring about desired changes in science education. A discursive approach involving the method of collecting and simultaneously analyzing data ("grounded theory") is described. (Author/JN)

Repeated measures designs have traditionally been analyzed by the univariate mixed model approach, in which the repeated measures effect is tested against an error term based on the subject by treatment interaction. This paper considers an extension of this analysis to designs in which the individual repeated measures are multivariate. (Author/JKS)

Decomposable models, which allow for the interdependence of structure among observable variables, are described. Each model is fully characterized by a set of conditional interdependence restrictions and can be visualized with an undirected as well as a special type of directed graph. (Author/JKS)

Discusses current practices for statistical assessments of employment discrimination and suggests nonstatistical techniques that can be used to aid in interpreting results of statistical analyses. The techniques incorporate principles of Boolean algebra and allow holistic comparison of categories of similarly situated individuals. (CMG)

A study made in 1960 to determine which factors had the greatest influence on the career choice of prospective teachers was replicated. An opinionnaire was completed by 189 subjects in eight randomly selected education classes, and their responses were compared with those of the 1960 subjects. (Editor)

Previous research investigating the relationship of attraction and aggression has yielded somewhat equivocal results. The present study investigated the influence of two variables, attitudinal similarity and exposure, on interpersonal attraction and physical aggression. (Editor)

In a series of three experiments on the role of memory in solving attribute-identification problems, the subjects did or did not have to remember their response and/or the stimulus for processing during any given intertrial interval. (Editor)

Nonspeech stimuli were varied along two dimensions--intensity and rise time. In a series of speeded classification tasks, subjects were asked to identify the stimuli in terms of one of these dimensions. (Editor)

Article discussed a new approach to inquiry and the explication of the methodology involved. This technique was directed toward the elicitation, assessment, and description of art attitudes and values held by Appalachian residents. (Author/RK)

Compares suicidal and non-suicidal behavior in hospitalized psychiatric veterans with and without childhood onychophagia (fingernail biting). (Author/RK)

The purpose of this study was to research the purported effects of reduction of "mind set" and achievement of greater consistency in data classification when using Simon's Problem-Solving Approach. (Author/JC)

Comparison of kinetic data indicated that spline functions were more effective than polynomials for modeling the data. (GW)

Four views of the article by Wike and Church in this issue. (RM)

Clark's arguments for treating language materials as random rather than fixed effects are examined, and the problems with random effects designs and approximate statistical tests (quasi F-ratios) are reviewed. It is suggested that researchers use fixed factors. (Author/RM)