Large teams of researchers using inductive methodologies are relatively rare and present unique challenges to team members. A team from the University of Iowa reports on what it experienced during a project to develop a taxonomy of nursing interventions. (JOW)

Examines infants' ability to detect correlations among feature categories of the type that one might expect to be useful in forming natural object categories. (PCB)

Coded hospital social workers' (n=16) descriptions of ethical dilemmas according to principles in conflict. Most ethical dilemmas involved conflicts between client self-determination and client best interest. Ethical dilemmas were more likely when patient mental status was impaired and when decision making was problematic. Ethical dilemmas were…

Discusses scientific ignorance and uncertainty. Highlights include approaching knowledgeable ignorance, including a taxonomy of ignorance and uncertainty frameworks and measures; social constructivism, subjectivity, and scientific realism; strategies for working with scientific ignorance; and frameworks for ignorance representation. (Contains 43…

Highlights some of the achievements of the process of drafting "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM-IV) and attempts to evaluate accomplishments of DSM-IV process as function of the major goals established for it. Describes development of DSM-IV, criteria for changes, and definitions of mental disorders. (NB)

Describes basic ideas behind deconstruction, form of analysis that accounts for unconscious elements in human constructions, especially linguistic constructions. Defines linguistic dualities on which Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) is based, and analyzes these dualities in clinician-client relationship. Uses DSM-III…

Used computerized marriage assessment tool to analyze data from 8,385 couples across 9 dimensions of their marriages. Identified seven marriage types: devitalized couples, financially focused couples, conflicted couples, traditional couples, balanced couples, harmonious couples, and vitalized couples. Multidimensional profiles can be described in…

Examined the effects of model misspecification on the precision of decisions made using the sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) in computer testing. Simulation results show that the one-parameter logistic model produced more errors than the true model. (SLD)

A Kohonen Self-Organizing Map, a type of artificial neural network, was used to classify 547 counseling clients into eight categories based on aptitudes. Categories resembled the major typologies of people and jobs by Holland and others, suggesting the usefulness of self-organizing neural networks for career counseling. (SK)

Analyzes the complexities surrounding the concept of dialogue in evaluation through a critical examination of current theory and practices. Uses a descriptive typology based on genre, process, goal, evaluator identity, orientation, and epistemology to analyze two vignettes of dialogue in evaluation. (Author/SLD)

The development of the Association for Specialists in Group Work's (ASGW) four-category system for classifying types of group work is described. Strengths and limitations of the Waldo and Bauman proposed Goals and Process (GAP) matrix for group work categorization are identified and discussed in relation to the present ASGW system. (Author/MKA)

Describes a typology of business uses of the World Wide Web for electronic commerce. Gives examples of each type. Offers a sample assignment to show how the typology can be used in directing Web exploration, integrating the typology into an analytical assignment that analyzes a Web site using business communication concepts, and presenting the…

Presents a method for handling educational data in which students belong to more than one unit at a given level, but there is missing information on the identification of the units to which students belong. The method, which involves setting up a cross-classified model, is illustrated with longitudinal data on students' progress in English. (SLD)

Argues that correspondence analysis is particularly well-suited to data about an individual's career, and this is illustrated by an example from educational careers. It is also shown that correspondence analysis can be used for a quantification of individual careers into one or more scores, or a classification, for further analyses. (SLD)

This monograph identifies, analyzes, and judges 22 evaluation approaches used in program evaluation. Two approaches, labeled psuedoevaluations, are politically oriented and often used to misrepresent a program's value. The remaining 20, judged legitimate, are categorized by their orientations, and rated for their value. (SLD)