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Counseling and educational research : evaluation and application

Houser, Rick.

Counseling and educational research : evaluation and application

Houser, Rick.

9781412956604

9781412956611

Houser, Rick.

2nd ed.

Los Angeles : Sage Publications, c2009.

xvii, 277 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Previous ed.: 1998.

Formerly CIP.

Sect. I. Introduction to the Research Process -- Ch 1. Science and the Research Process -- Ch 2. Searching Articles in Professional Journals and Online Databases -- Ch 3. Basics of Statistical Methods -- Ch 4. Quantitative Research and Research Designs -- Ch 5. Qualitative Research Methods -- Ch 6. Mixed Methods Research -- Ch 7. Evidence-Based Research Methods -- Ch 8. Ethics and Research -- Sect. II. Evaluating Articles in the Professional Literature -- Ch 9. Evaluating the Literature Review -- Ch 10. Evaluating the Purpose Statement and Hypotheses -- Ch 11. Evaluating the Methods Section - Sampling Methods -- Ch 12. Evaluating the Methods Section - Procedures -- Ch 13. Evaluating the Methods Section - Instruments -- Ch 14. Evaluating the Results Section -- Ch 15. Evaluating the Discussion Section -- Sect. III. Application of Research and Evaluation -- Ch 16. Developing a Research Proposal and Conducting Research in Practice.

Ch 17. Development and Application of Program Evaluation Research -- Ch 18. Current and Future Issues in Counseling and Educational Research.

"This book emphasizes the importance of being a good consumer of research and teaches the practitioner how to conduct research in practice. Houser uses concrete examples from the professional literature to demonstrate how to effectively evaluate and interpret research articles." "This book is specifically written for introductory courses in research methods at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels in the fields of counseling, social work, education and psychology."--BOOK JACKET.

Research -- Study and teaching.

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0819/2008024298.html