An Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Social & Behavioral Sciences -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- I Origins of Study and Selection of Programs -- PRIOR ATTEMPTS TO ASSESS QUALITY IN GRADUATE EDUCATION -- DEVELOPMENT OF STUDY PLANS -- SELECTION OF DISCIPLINES AND PROGRAMS TO BE EVALUATED -- II Methodology -- PROGRAM SIZE -- CHARACTERISTICS OF GRADUATES -- REPUTATIONAL SURVEY RESULTS -- UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SIZE -- RESEARCH SUPPORT -- PUBLICATION RECORDS -- ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF THE DATA -- III Anthropology Programs -- IV Economics Programs -- V Geography Programs -- VI History Programs -- VII Political Science Programs -- VIII Psychology Programs -- IX Sociology Programs -- X Summary and Discussion -- SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS -- CORRELATIONS AMONG MEASURES -- ANALYSIS OF THE SURVEY RESPONSE -- INTERPRETATION OF REPUTATIONAL SURVEY RATINGS -- COMPARISON WITH RESULTS OF THE ROOSE-ANDERSEN STUDY -- FUTURE STUDIES -- Minority Statement -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Letter to Institutional Coordinatiors -- INSTRUCTIONS -- General Instructions -- List of Faculty Members (as of December 1, 1980) -- Nomination of Faculty to Serve as Program Evaluators (Column 3 of Faculty Roster) -- Faculty Who Do Not Hold Ph.D. Degrees From U.S. Universities (Column 4 of Faculty Roster) -- Nomination of Additional Programs -- Appendix B Survey of Earned Doctorates -- Appendix C Letter to Evaluatiors -- RESEARCH-DOCTORATE PROGRAMS IN THE FIELD OF PSYCHOLOGY -- Instructions -- Appendix D The ARL Library Index -- Appendix E Faculty Research Support -- R&D Expenditures -- Appendix F Data on Publication Records -- Appendix G Conference on the Assessment of Quality of Graduate Education Programs -- Summary -- Report of the Conference -- Recommendations.

Appendix H Planning Committee for the Study of the Quality of Research-Doctorate Programs -- Appendix I Region and State Codes For the United States and Possessions (and U.S. Government) -- Appendix J Alternative Measures of Published Articles in Psychology.