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.
This book contains four parts tht 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.
New to this edition is a glossary to assist readers with the technical terms discussed in the text and a test manual and Power Points for instructors’ use, which are available by request from the American Counseling Association.
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Tabella dei contenuti
Preface v
Acknowledgments ix
About the Authors xi
About the Contributors xiii
Part I The Essence of Research in the Counseling Profession
Chapter 1 The Counselor as a Practitioner-Scholar 3
Chapter 2 The Research Process 17
Chapter 3 Ethical and Multicultural Issues in Counseling Research 41
Chapter 4 Types of Research 65
Part II Quantitative Research Designs
Chapter 5 Fundamental Concepts in Quantitative Research 97
Chapter 6 Examining Relationships 125
Chapter 7 Examining Differences Between Groups 141
Chapter 8 Examining Differences Within Groups and Single-Case Research Designs 165
Quentin Hunter and Richard S. Balkin
Chapter 9 Synthesizing Research Results Using Meta-Analysis 187
A. Stephen Lenz
Part III Qualitative Research Designs
Chapter 10 Fundamental Concepts in Qualitative Research 213
Chapter 11 Multiple Perspectives on a Phenomenon: The Qualitative Lenses 237
Part IV Practice-Based Research
Chapter 12 Measurement in Counseling Research 285
Chapter 13 Program Evaluation 297
Michael J. Walsh and Kaytlin Stackpole
Glossary 327
Index 349
Circa l’autore
Richard S. Balkin, Ph D, is a professor and coordinator of educational research in the School of Education at the University of Mississippi and editor of the International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling.
David M. Kleist, Ph D, is a professor and chair of the Department of Counselng at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho.
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