Counseling Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (January 4, 2016) © 2017

  • Carl J. Sheperis
  • J Scott Young University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • M Harry Daniels
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For courses in Research in Counselling.

The text introduces reader to the basics of how to do research, from formulating a problem, doing a literature review, selecting a design, collecting and analysing data, through reporting results. It also provides readers with the information they need to become intelligent consumers of published research. Covering a broad range of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods designs, as well as action research and program evaluation, the text presents the most common types of research used in the field of counselling.

  • PART 1 An Introduction to Research in Counseling
  • Chapter 1 Contemporary Issues in Counseling Research
  • Chapter 2 Ethical Consideration in the Practice of Research
  • Chapter 3 Reviewing the Literature
  • Chapter 4 Methodological Issues
  • Chapter 5 Basic Statistical Concepts and Descriptive Statistics
  • PART 2 Quantitative Research Designs
  • Chapter 6 Experimental Designs
  • Chapter 7 Predictive Designs
  • Chapter 8 Single-Case Research Designs
  • PART 3 Qualitative Research Designs and Program Evaluation
  • Chapter 9 Case Study Research
  • Chapter 10 Grounded Theory Methodology
  • Chapter 11 Phenomenological Designs: The Philosophy of Phenomenological Research
  • Chapter 12 Narrative Research: Interpreting Lived Experience
  • PART 4 Survey, Mixed Designs, and Action Research
  • Chapter 13 An Overview of Survey Research
  • Chapter 14 Mixed Methods Designs
  • Chapter 15 Action Research
  • PART 5 Data Analyses and Presentation of Findings
  • Chapter 16 Program Evaluation
  • Chapter 17 Data Management and Data Analysis Software
  • Chapter 18 Developing a Research Report
  • Appendix A Preamble and Research Section of the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics 2014
  • Appendix B Sample Research Paper

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