Publisher's Synopsis
This study provides a practical description of the research process, taking readers sequentially through the basic steps of a project: groundwork, measurement, design, analysis and interpretation. It also addresses essential background issues, such as the underlying philosophy of the various research methods and the socio-political issues that arise when researching in service settings.;Clinical and counselling research methodology is currently developing rapidly, and psychologists are expanding their repertoire of methods. In this book, the authors present a balanced appraisal of both traditional and emergent methods. They reaffirm the scientist-practitioner model that clinical and counselling psychologists should be trained to be both competent clinicians and competent researchers.
