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A special forum for individuals to respond in detail to material published in the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness or elsewhere, to present new ideas, or to raise issues which relate to the specialized field of work with blind and visually handicapped persons. Contributions should be 350–1000 words in length.

Offers practical advice and information to people who are becoming blind, who have recently become blind, and for others who know or work with blind persons. Based on the author's experience as he himself lost his sight and, as a professional sociologist, gained invaluable help from his knowledge of research.

Though statistics & methodology are usually presented in the undergraduate curriculum, their value is questionable. On the graduate level, one semester of statistics & 2 semesters of methodology are usually required for the MA candidate, with an additional semester of statistics required of PhD candidates. There has been some pressure for one introductory course in applied soc statistics, instead of having each soc sci dept give its own course. Elementary textbooks are unsatisfactory, but on the advanced level the subjects are given good treatment. A journal is needed which would discuss & appraise theoretical & methodological topics for sociol't Sociol'ts should take note of the advantages that electronic computers hold. These computers will revolutionize res & thereby the teaching of methodology. Individual res by the student can profit by thesis seminars & secondary analysis of already collected data. The most important factor is the kind & amount of interaction between the student & the instructor. Collective res by students can be effectively accomplished by having the class, during the first semester, work as far as pre-testing a L 1, & at this point give them data for the secondary analysis of the problem being studied. The res instit provides training for res assistants, gives the res assistant the benefit of working on group projects which provide informal discussion & study groups, & offers formal & internally developed programs of instruction, & res facilities. General purpose instit's which are closely affiliated with a U, but not necessarily with a single dept, are most likely to develop an effective program of training in methodology. AA.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Preface to the 1973 Edition -- Preface to the Original Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Part i: THE NATURE OF METHODOLOGICAL CRITICISM -- 1. On Approaching Methodology -- Notes -- 2. Critiques of Delinquency Research -- Notes -- Part ii: CAUSAL ANALYSIS -- 3. Principles of Causal Analysis -- Notes -- 4. Causal Order -- Notes -- 5. Genuine and Spurious Relations -- Notes -- 6. Links in the Causal Chain -- Notes -- 7. Interaction of Variables -- Notes -- 8. False Criteria of Causality -- Notes -- Part iii: MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS -- 9. Some Problems of Multivariate Statistical Analysis -- Notes -- 10. The Shortcomings of Tabular Analysis -- Notes -- Part iv: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND INFERENCE -- 11. Concepts, Indicators, and Indices -- Notes -- 12. Reliability and Scaling -- Notes -- 13. Statistical Inference -- Notes -- 14. Description and Prediction -- Notes -- 15. Individual and Group Variables -- Notes -- A Final Word -- Index