This document consists of five issues of the "Home School Researcher," a quarterly newsletter dedicated to research on instruction in the home. Volume 4, number 3 reports findings of a comparative study of the reasoning abilities of home-educated children. Also included are profiles of four categories of home schoolers: new age, religious, socio-relational, and academic. Volume 4, number 4, provides an overview of home schooling in Alabama and investigates the extent to which state statutes regulate home school curricula. Volume 5, number 1, reports findings on the effect of home schooling on the leadership skills of home-schooled students. Volume 5, number 2 covers a study of the suitability of South Carolina's education entrance examination for use with home schooling instructors. Also discussed is a study of reasons for selecting home schooling in the Chattanooga, Tennessee vicinity. Volume 5, number 3 reports findings of studies on new age families who educate their families at home. The relations of public, private, and home school students' attitudes concerning science learning are also considered. An index to the first four volumes of the newsletter and references to related research and bibliographic citations are included. (RH)