This collection focuses on research topics in physical education and athletics and includes the following papers: Methodological Problems in the Assessment of Personality from the Psychoanalytic, Behavioral and Cognitive Positions; Some Factors Affecting the Performance of Women in Sports and Activity; Multivariate Considerations in Children's Physical Education (competence in movement, research designs, social interaction, typology, self-esteem, planning physical education for children); Least Squares Analysis: Application to Experimental and Descriptive Research Designs; Least Squares Analysis in Experimental Design with Disproportionate Subclass Numbers; Nonorthogonality and Type I Errors--Implications for Research Designs and Analysis; Epidemiological Analysis of Ski Injuries, Steamboat Springs, Colorado 1977-1978; Opinions of Safety Professionals Regarding the Preparation of High School Driver Educators; A Study of Physical Education Injuries Among Handicapped and Non-Handicapped Children; and Tort Law: Negligence and Liability in Physical Education with Reference to Higher Education. References are included with each article. (DS)