Research and graduate study: The role of research in man's rise from barbarism -- The graduate student and his opportunities -- How the graduate school came into being -- Beginnings of educational research -- The ways of scholarship: The scholar as detective: the rules of evidence : the search for clues -- The three types of research -- Selecting the problem for investigation -- The hypothesis -- Investigative techniques: Some common sense about techniques of research -- Documentary research -- Experiment -- The survey -- The language of statistics -- Statistical reasoning -- The case study -- The role of accident in research -- Presenting the results of research: Preparing the written report -- Publication: the ultimate goal -- The question of originality