Advances debate on the causal mechanism involved in the link between marital conflict and children's development by addressing three issues: (1) identifying basic processes in emotion; (2) operationalizing theories in order to differentiate between their predictions; and (3) designing research to identify causal mechanisms. Asserts that Davies and…

Discusses the need of statistical training for engineering undergraduate students. Describes the six reasons to teach statistics. The methods for statistical quality control are presented. Twenty-three references are listed. (YP)

A critique of a procedure developed by Becker and Williams (1986) for gauging the extend to which an organization's composition suggests discrimination. Their model and its associated statistical test suffer from two problems: (1) it is difficult to dismiss the null hypothesis of no discrimination; and (2) the model makes an overly simple…

Examines difficulties with citation analysis as it is used to study citation frequency, usually for the evaluation of scientists, publications, or institutions. Topics addressed include selection of a control set of papers, comparisons of different types of papers (e.g., methodological or theoretical), effects of independent variables, and use of…

This commentary on EC 603 695 argues that significance testing is a necessary but insufficient condition for positivistic research, that judgment-based assessment and single-subject research are not substitutes for significance testing, and that sampling fluctuation should be considered as one of numerous epistemological concerns in any…

An author of a paper (EC 602 060) that presents two causal models of learning disabilities comments on his interest in the research, how the research design developed, limitations of the research, and the need for replication with other disability groups. (JDD)

Describes efforts by 2 researchers (an anthropologist and a psychologist) to conduct collaborative research on teachers and teacher education, drawing on 10 years of work and literature on interdisciplinary collaboration. The article emphasizes issues important in remaining true to each discipline, and it notes the role of compromise. (SM)

Asserts that discussing micro-macro issues is central to developing communication research and that theory should be developed and tested through research designs that span the traditional domains of social science. States that this special issue of "Communication Research" explores interpersonal interaction and the interaction of the…

Discusses the international negotiations and cooperation involved in cross-national studies of academic achievement sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. Criticizes a previous article for its views of which research is and is not policy relevant; the relationship between between-country and…

Applies Heidegger's hermeneutic circle to research in higher education, specifically use of the pilot study to experientially ground proposed research. Description of a pilot study on higher education leadership illustrates the principle. Implications for higher education research include the importance of (1) grounding research in practical…

This article contrasts the traditional relationships between researchers and subjects in traditional rehabilitation evaluation and research with relationships between researchers and clients-consumers in new methodologies. Collaborative research, characterized by shared power and non-hierarchical authority between client-consumers and researchers…

Demonstrates how different experimental designs arise from variation of three basic distinctions: block versus treatment factors, fixed versus random factors, and crossed versus nested factors. Argues that understanding how these distinctions influence statistical analysis can reduce amount of experimental design. Presents an example of this by…

Examines the field of multicultural counseling as a new model in counseling theory and suggests that, although there has been a heightened awareness in multicultural counseling theory, recognition of the cultural and political context of human development has been slow. Argues that the progress made has only been in theory and research, not…

This commentary details a number of problems with the study design and data analysis reported by Finkel et al. The commentary also provides suggestions for more fruitful approaches for analyzing data from such studies in the future. (Author/BC)

In celebration of The American College Personnel Association's seventy-fifth anniversary, Senior Scholars developed a project to: determine the trends that will affect high education in the next century; identify the impact these trends will have on student experience; identify research needed to respond to trends; and identify Emerging Scholars…