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This is the only text on research design written specifically for such courses in departments of counselor education and counseling psychology. Like most design texts, this book covers basic philosophical issues and the basic experimental designs; unlike most, it specifically and fully addresses the particular problems that confront counseling researchers. First, all the examples and illustrations are drawn from the counseling literature and are therefore more relevant for, and more inherently interesting to, counseling students. Second, it includes several chapters and sections that do not appear in other design texts, such as process research, analogue designs, and qualitative research. Finally, the book advocates a utilitarian rather than a hierarchical approach to analyzing design quality.

Product Description: Is it really possible for researchers to keep their own lives out of their work? In contrast to traditional impersonal approaches to research, reflexive researchers acknowledge the impact of their own experiences, beliefs and culture on the processes and outcomes of inquiry...read more

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Product Description: Doing Counselling Research, Second Edition is a practical and accessible introduction to the research process within counselling and psychotherapy. Written both as a guide to carrying out research, and to using existing findings to inform practice, it provides essential information for all trainees and practitioners...read more

Product Description: A completely revised and updated edition of an established and respected text, this is a concise and accessible review of the thoughts and methods which relate to undertaking research, and evaluating research and clinical treatment...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: `This is a practical guide to carrying out research in counselling and the helping professions generally. It covers all major aspects of research and guides the reader through the essential processes involved, from setting up and conducting a study, to analyzing data and evaluating findings' - The New Therapist This practical, informative and encouraging guide to doing research in counselling and the helping professions generally has been written with practitioners firmly in mind...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Research Methods in Clinical and Counselling Psychology presents a practical description of the research process, taking readers sequentially through the basic steps of a project: groundwork, measurement, design, analysis and interpretation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This thorough book offers a comprehensive approach to research methodology for counselor education or counseling psychology students. Its coverage of program evaluation and the many examples and exercises included make the book both immediately applicable to real-life counseling settings...read more