Theverbal behavior literature, inthepages ofthis journal andelsewhere, includes both data-based research onverbal behavior and talk about verbal behavior. Acknowledging that wehaveourselves occasionally contributedtotheimbalance, wenevertheless believe that there should bemoreoftheformer andless ofthelatter. Forexample, weonce submitted achapter toabookabout verbally governed behavior, andwhenthebookappeared weweresurprised todiscover that amongthe10contributions initourswas theonlyonetopresent original data (Catania, Shimoff, & Matthews, 1989). We therefore offer here afewsuggestions about somepossibilities forenhancing theexperimental database fortheanalysis ofverbal behavior. Depending ontheavailable time andresources, wemaysomedaygettoone oranother ofthese topics ourselves. Butwe arenotlikely tostart onanyoftheminthe nearfuture, andwesurely will never beable tocoverallofthem, soweoffer these suggestions inthehopethat someothers will take themup.Theworst that wouldhappen ifmorethanoneinvestigator gottoworkon thesametopic isthateachwouldbecome moreexperienced ingathering dataonverbalbehavior andthat somefindings would bestrengthened (orquestioned) byreplication. Themostwelcome commentary we could getonoursuggestions wouldbethe presentation ofdatasets fromoneormore ofthese research lines. Verbally governed andcontingency-shaped