Counseling Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods

by Carl J. Sheperis, J Scott Young (Contributor), M Harry Daniels (Contributor)

Counseling Research introduces the basics of how to do research using concise, easy-to-understand language. You'll learn everything from formulating a problem, to doing a literature review, selecting a design, collecting and analyzing data, and reporting results. Covering a 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 you'll use in the field. Clear guidelines and real-world examples help you develop the skills you need to become an evidence-based practitioner and intelligent consumer of published research.

The 3rd Edition contains the most up-to-date research information, aligns with the current CACREP standards and features new research in action sections in every chapter.

Genres: Counselling, School, Nonfiction, Psychology

528 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2009

Reviews

[Melissa Lee-Tammeus · Rating 2 out of 5]

Forced upon me and read quite reluctantly, I really can't give an unbiased viewpoint of this book. It some areas, it was incredibly simple and quite demeaning. In other areas, I had no clue what the authors were talking about. I will most likely refer to this book to remind myself of the need for a intuition/pluralist model or remembering how to do a frequency distribution, but I don't anticipate this being one of my faves that I look back on fondly.

[Rose Boyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Text Book on Research Methods

[Emily Ellison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a bad book, but the topic itself is boring. This book is better than other research textbooks I have read. It was required reading for a counseling research class. Pretty decent reading.

[Tim Tuttle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Text for grad school... served its purpose... when I could stay awake.