Part 1 The use of multiple contrasts: planned versus unplanned and orthogonal versus nonorthogonal contrasts - the neo-classical perspective, Bruce Thompson; analysis of variance and general linear model, Allen L. Edwards and Lynne K. Edwards; choosing a multiple comparison procedure, Roger E. Kirk; group contrasts in the multivariate case, Carl J. Huberty et al. Part 2 Other analytic issues: quantitative research - what it is, what it isn't and how it's done, Margaret D. Le Compte and Judith Preissle; judging variable importance in multidimensional scaling, J. Douglas Carroll and Sharon L. Weinberg; logistic regression - an introduction, Janet C. Rice; the critique of pure statistics - artefact and objectivity in multivariate statistics, Stanley A. Mulaik.