Research design in counseling

Abstract

Part I: PHILOSOPHICAL, ETHICAL, TRAINING, AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES. 1. Science and Counseling. 2. Research Training. 3. Ethical Issues in Counseling Research. 4. Professional Writing. Part II: GETTING STARTED: ESTABLISHING THE FOUNDATION FOR A STUDY. 5. Identifying and Operationalizing Research Topics. 6. Choosing Research Designs. 7. Validity Issues in Research Design. 8. Population Issues. 9. Conceptual and Methodological Issues Related to Multicultural Research. 10. Scale Construction. Part III: MAJOR RESEARCH DESIGNS. 11. True Experimental Designs. 12. Quasi-Experimental and Time Series Designs. 13. Quantitative Descriptive Designs. 14. Analogue Research. 15. Single-Subject Designs. 16. Qualitative Designs. 17. Mixed Methods. Part IV: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES. 18. Designing and Evaluating the Independent Variable. 19. Designing or Choosing/Selecting the Dependent Variable. 20. Outcome Research: Strategies and Methodological Issues. 21. Design Issues Related to Counseling Process Research. 22. Program Evaluation. 23. Investigator, Experimenter, and Participant Bias. Appendix A: Ethical Standards of the American Counseling Association. Appendix B: Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct.