Reviews steps and procedures for planning, conducting, and presenting basic research. A sample problem is reviewed, step by step, in detail, and three useful research tools are offered. (SL)

Discusses variables and parameters involved in scientific research to set up guidelines for research workers. Indicates that flexibility, perseverance, and self-awareness are necessary traits for researchers to function in a universe of continuous change. (CC)

Suggests that the story of Professor Blondlot could be used to underline the nature of the scientific method. Blondlot claimed to have discovered N-rays in 1903, and was subsequently supported by many French scientists. Scientists from other countries were unable to verify his experiments and thus discredited his claim. (JR)

Discusses the value of setting-specific research for action research in social psychology. Discusses the following concepts: (1) local variation; (2) seeing the general in the specific; (3) connectedness as the fundamental law of ecology; and (4) the value of field stations for community research. (JS)

A discussion of the testing of new drugs in campus medical facilities reviews the process of federal approval of investigational new drugs, analyzes the implications of the federally mandated institutional review board, and the issues of informed consent and the ethics of human-subject research on campus. (MSE)

Researchers fear that revelations of risky human subject research will frighten potential future subjects, and debate continues over the government's policy on methodology. Some feel the government has strong safeguards in place; others feel the system gives universities too much power to monitor themselves. (MSE)

The following administrative aspects of scientific experimentation with human subjects are discussed: the definition of human experimentation; the distinction between experimentation and treatment; investigator responsibility; documentation; the elements and principles of informed consent; and the administrator's role in establishing and…

Random samples of 50 articles each from the education and health-sciences literature are used to compare uses of quantitative evidence. Study designs and approaches in these fields are similar; thus no support is provided for the idea that educational research is less rigorous than that of the health sciences. (SLD)

The interplay between agency and structure explains a scientist's readiness to disclose information about research efforts. In a survey of 628 Israeli researchers, personal strategies pursuing collegial appreciation were influenced by conflicting value guidelines at different time-space frameworks. A balanced impact of communality and universalism…

This project demonstrates how techniques of analyzing complementary literatures might be applied to problems of defense against biological weapons. The article is based solely on the open-source scientific literature, and is oriented on informatics techniques. Findings are intended as a guide to the virus literature to support further studies that…

Investigates whether science is biased against ethnic minority research, noting the lack of psychological research on ethnic minorities and discussing how to promote quality research. Examines ethnic research, the philosophy of science, and selective enforcement of scientific research principles, noting the consequences of selective enforcement.…

Going on an expedition enables teachers to become better scientists and researchers and, thus, better classroom instructors. Teachers have the opportunities to go on exotic field trips around the world as amateur research assistants, do hands on research in their own backyards, or vicariously experience another scientist?s work via the Internet. A…

This study aims to report on another research process genre, namely the peer seminar. Work exists [English for Specific Purposes, 12 (1993) 23; 18 (1999) 63] which studies different aspects of the seminar as understood in the Anglo-Saxon world (an expert-to-novice situation with an asymmetrical status of participants) but little attention has been…

The value of research and the career of a university lecturer depend heavily on the success in publishing scientific papers. This article reviews the guidelines for writing and submitting research papers. The three most important success criteria in publishing are as follows: the paper describes a good research, it is written according to the…