The promise of science is that its methods cause others to believe its results. This foundation is served by trust, accuracy, and transparency. Unfortunately, current research practices in psychology are known to often produce inaccurate, irreproducible, and imprecise results. "Toward a More Perfect Psychology" introduces a plethora of…

Each year, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) releases a list of scientific advances that represent significant progress in the field. The "2020 Summary of Advances in Autism Research" provides short, plain language summaries of the top research breakthroughs selected by the IACC from a pool of research articles…

The research assessment framework is an unstable reality in many countries. While few would disagree that there is a need to measure and reward research excellence, there has been little investigation of how assessment mechanisms relate to knowledge itself. With a focus on the arts and humanities and writing from an Australian perspective, this…

Discusses the fact that physics research today is evolutionary rather than revolutionary, and deals with technological applications and new interdisciplinary areas. (MLH)

X-ray emitting bodies orbiting stars have been located. Research on black holes has brought out many characteristics of these X-ray emitting bodies. (PS)

Research is controlled by variables (subject matter, personality of researcher, current interests, institutional setting, time period in the history of the discipline and of the world) which in turn generate a research style.'' The results of various forms of research are discussed here. (JB)

Asks questions relating electrical resistivity and observed size effects. Electron mean free path and thermodynamic fluctuations are discussed. Experiments with granular aluminum are outlined and described which allow the study of size effects, as well as the coupling and the transport processes between them. (CS)

Two investigations are reported regarding grasshoppers and their behavior. Procedures and data are included and materials for further work are available. (PS)

Presents a picture of the conditions in which discoveries are made and the effort required to reconstruct the conditions in which past discoveries were made. (SL)

Reports the University of New York at Albany has been charged with violations of federal and state regulations for not obtaining approval of an ethics committee to conduct research on human subjects. (SL)

Describes the growing pressures on the American system for conducting research, including new budgetary and political constraints, damage from cumulative neglect of the research infrastructure, and the changing nature/conduct of scientific research. To cope with these challenges, a national research strategy is recommended. Various aspects of the…

The author reviews the development of research in marriage counseling, offers some possible explanations as to why it has differed from general science research, and delineates some decisive issues for marriage counseling research. (Editor)

Empiricists work with general concepts defined by their observed sets of objects. Their explanations involve their general concepts derived by trial and error from their untheoretical observations and experience. This paper distinguishes empirical educational research from scientific research to avoid confusion between the two. A reason for the…

This document discusses and critically reviews problems existing with utilizing traditional experimental methods in psychology, particularly engineering psychology. Experimental and correlational data collection methods are defined and compared. Arguments are presented for merging the more productive features of each. The combined approach is…

Described are problems faced by the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. They are identifying and recommending regulations concerned with the ethical, social and legal principals of research involving human subjects. (SL)