REPORT OF THE EDITOR OF SOCIOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY.

This article presents the 1972 report of the editor of Sociological Methodology. The 1972 volume of Sociological Methodology is the fourth in this series of annual volumes designed to provides sociologists with informative and creative presentations of developments in the methodology of sociological research. The variety of papers submitted for publication in this volume, as for the previous volumes, attests to the variety of methodological styles in current sociology. But the full range of perspectives on sociological methodology is still not represented in the papers reviewed, and potential contributors should take note of the fact that the editor will be pleased to consider papers that represent facets of methodology other than those represented in the previous volumes. The primary criterion for acceptance is that manuscript extend or systematize methodological knowledge in a way that promises to be useful to those engaged in social research. Forty five papers were submitted to be considered for publication in the 1972 volume, of which seven were accepted. In making the selections for the publication, the editor depended heavily on the assistance of the advisory editors and on the reviews if 49 additional editorial consultants with special expertise on the papers referred to them.