Abstract: Comments on the C. W. Von Bergen et al (1997) discussion of alternative training techniques in human resource development. The present author compliments Von Bergen and colleagues on their demand for greater accountability in the area of alternative training techniques and disagrees with their emphasis on experimental studies, asserting that qualitative studies allow a more complex analysis and hold more promise for explaining the popularity of these training methods. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).