Full Description
This widely adopted and accessible introductory text for counselors-in-training and emerging researchers provides a foundational understanding of the primary research methods used in counseling and how these concepts can be applied to research design. Writing in a clear and conversational tone, the authors emphasize the importance of ethics and multicultural issues in informing research, demonstrate a professional counselor identity within the framework of research, and outline specific evidence-based and empirically supported findings for counseling practice.
The book contains four parts that explain the practitioner-scholar model and the research process, quantitative and qualitative research methodology and design, and research measurement and program evaluation. Key features include a discussion of the fundamentals of statistics, practical research design illustrations in each chapter, guidelines for the development of an initial study, and suggested activities that synthesize and apply chapter content.
Contents
Part I: The Essence of Research in the Counseling Profession
Chapter 1 The Counselor as a Practitioner-Scholar
Chapter 2 The Research Process
Chapter 3 Ethical and Multicultural Issues in Counseling Research
Chapter 4 Types of Research
Part II: Quantitative Research Designs
Chapter 5 Fundamental Concepts in Quantitative Research
Chapter 6 Examining Relationships
Chapter 7 Examining Differences Between Groups
Chapter 8 Examining Differences Within Groups and Single-Case Research Designs
Chapter 9 Synthesizing Research Results Using Meta-Analysis
Part III: Qualitative Research Designs
Chapter 10 Fundamental Concepts in Qualitative Research
Chapter 11 Multiple Perspectives on a Phenomenon: The Qualitative Lenses
Part IV: Practice-Based Research
Chapter 12 Measurement in Counseling Research
Chapter 13 Program Evaluation
Chapter 14
Glossary
Index
