Research design in counseling

This book ... was written for those learning the fundamentals of conducting research in counseling. It serves as a text in research methodology courses for master's and doctoral students in counseling psychology and counselor education programs. In particular, this book is aimed at first- and second-year graduate students in the early phases of work on research projects.-Pref. With ... examples and illustrations from counseling literature, [this book] addresses the common problems that confront counseling researchers. [The book] provides you with an understanding of all kinds of research, including single-subject, survey, and qualitative research.-GT797.

Originally published: Belmont, CA : Thomson-Brooks/Cole, ©2008. 3rd ed.

Philosophical, ethical, and training issues: Science and counseling; Research training; Identifying and operationalizing research topics; Choosing research designs; Validity issues in research design; Ethical issues in counseling research -- Major research designs: Between-groups and within-subjects designs; Quasi-experimental and time series designs; Single-subject designs; Quantitative descriptive designs; Qualitative research -- Methodological issues: Designing and evaluating the independent variable; Designing or choosing the dependent variable; Population issues; Conceptual and methodological issues related to multicultural research; Investigator, experimenter, and participant bias; Analogue research; Outcome research, strategies and methodological issues; Design issues related to counseling process research; Scale construction; Program evaluation -- Professional issues: Professional writing -- Appendixes: ACA code of ethics; Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct.