A 1946 report suggesting how statistical research can be applied to better understand professional education and the structure and function of professional associations.

ESTHER LUCILE BROWN was director of the Department of Studies in the Professions at the Russell Sage Foundation.

A 1908 report analyzing correlations between grade size and school performance, printed in volume II of The Psychological Clinic.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director at the Division of Education of the Russell Sage Foundation,  former general superintendent of schools for Puerto Rico, co-author of “Medical Inspection of Schools,” and author of “Laggards in Our Schools.”

A paper presented at the fifty-first congress of the American Prison Association in 1921, surveying the conditions of 30 of the 52 county jails in Florida at the time.

BERT C. RILEY was director of the General Extension Division of the University of Florida.

From the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, this paper argues for the importance of play in education, with data on public recreation centers in New York City.

LUTHER H. GULICK was director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.

This 1912 article presents data on the relative progress of children who enter school at each of the ages between five and ten years, based on an investigation for the Board of Education of New York City in 1908.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

In 1962 the Russell Sage Foundation initiated a series of studies on the social consequences of standardized intelligence, aptitude, and achievement testing. This book presents the initial results from the series, focusing on the social impact of tests of intellectual abilities, based on questionnaire responses from adults across the United States.

ORVILLE G. BRIM was president of the Russell Sage Foundation.

JOHN NEULINGER was assistant professor of psychology at City College of the City University of New York.

DAVID C. GLASS was professor of psychology at New York University.

A volume of Social Science Frontiers, a series of publications reviewing new fields for social development, aimed at foundation executives, administrators of research grant programs, directors of research organizations, and others concerned with making contemporary social science more useful for the function of social reporting.

OTIS DUDLEY DUNCAN was professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin.

This 1917 report on the conditions of the millinery industry, or the trade of making women's hats, functions as a general study of problems more or less common to all industries characterized by seasonal fluctuations in employment. Two separate but often overlapping inquiries were conducted to secure the data presented in this book, involving the study of wages, education, and the particular conditions surrounding a seasonal occupation.

MARY VAN KLEECK was director of the Division of Industrial Studies of the Russell Sage Foundation.

This report presents data related to the casework service of medical social work departments of New York City hospitals in 1945, with topics related to staff turnover, casework process, and staff size relative to hospital size.

RALPH G. HURLIN was director of the Department of Statistics of the Russell Sage Foundation.