Research Methods in Counseling Psychology
The course is structured so that major quantitative research methods can be grasped by the student so that they can critically read and evaluate the professional literature and design their own study. The primary goal is for students to understand the fundamental ideas (i.e., big pictures of research methods) involved in each analytic tool and to be able to choose appropriate analyses for their research question. Added training/exercises might be needed for students to be able to apply analytic tools in a technically appropriate manner (i.e., technical procedures of research methods) but the focus of this course is to help students develop a strategic sense of research methods, based on which students can absorb detailed tactical procedures of research methods later.