To ease researchers» ability to compare their findings with the work of others, and to build upon existing
knowledge in a systematic fashion, researchers will need to develop and validate common instruments for measuring parent involvement across a variety of settings.
38 Herbert was convinced, as has been noted, that only by a
systematic program of visitation could the pastor come to know his people as they «most naturally... are, wallowing
in the midst of their affairs,» and it was only by such intimate
knowledge of their lives as could be gained
in this
fashion that he would be equipped to reprove and admonish them, and thereby lead them to mend their ways.39