Research in psychoanalysis resolves itself into research concerning psychoanalytic theory, the psychoanalytic process, and psychoanalysis as a therapy. Research in the sense of 'searching carefully' is doen by clinicians working alone, and it may lead to creative intuitions which, however, fall short of scientific verification. A variety of fundamental rules of validation is discussed. The suggestion is made that a Survey of Psychoanalytic Methods and Concepts be established; that each institute should

include in its curriculum a course in methodology especially adapted to the needs of psychoanalysts. Prediction as the criterion of validation and its problems are discussed, and examples are given. Emphasis is placed on the difficulties of establishing criteria and their avoidance by a process study which is closely geared to a series of interlocking steps of psychoanalytic therapy. It is hoped that the use of this relatively simple method, open to almost any group of analysts, might lead to verification and new discoveries.